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The Moon on Wednesday, July 22, 2026: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 60.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 11°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on July 22, 2026Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 22 July 2026400,038 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 22, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.2% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
400,038 km248,572 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 2026 is on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 at 14:36 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at 09:44 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 21, 202611:06
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 29, 202614:36

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 14, 2026 to the new moon of August 12, 2026, a cycle of 29.33 days.