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The Moon on Wednesday, July 26, 2023: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 56.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on July 26, 2023Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 26 July 2023387,801 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 26, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.0% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
387,801 km240,968 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 2023 is on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 18:32 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 17, 2023 at 18:32 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 25, 202322:07
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 1, 202318:32

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Wednesday, July 26, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 17, 2023 to the new moon of August 16, 2023, a cycle of 29.63 days.