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The Moon on Sunday, July 26, 2026: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on July 26, 2026Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 26 July 2026405,237 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 26, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.2% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
405,237 km251,802 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 2026 is on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 at 14:36 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at 09:44 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Sunday, July 26, 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.