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The Moon on Wednesday, July 1, 2026: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

16.4days

Moon phase on July 1, 2026Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 1 July 2026402,811 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 1, 2026, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.9% of its visible face lit, 16.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.4 dMoon age
402,811 km250,295 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 1, 2026 is on Monday, June 29, 2026 at 23:57 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at 09:44 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, June 29, 202623:57
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 7, 202619:29

The Moon around July 1

More about this date

Wednesday, July 1, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 15, 2026 to the new moon of July 14, 2026, a cycle of 29.28 days.