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The Moon on Thursday, July 23, 2026: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 69.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on July 23, 2026Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 23 July 2026402,992 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 23, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.4% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
402,992 km250,408 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 2026 is on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 at 14:36 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at 09:44 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Thursday, July 23, 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.