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The Moon on Friday, July 24, 2026: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on July 24, 2026Waxing Gibbous

Friday 24 July 2026404,805 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 24, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.8% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
404,805 km251,534 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 2026 is on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 at 14:36 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at 09:44 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Friday, July 24, 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.