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The Moon on Thursday, July 30, 2026: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on July 30, 2026Waning Gibbous

Thursday 30 July 2026397,096 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 30, 2026, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
397,096 km246,744 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 2026 is on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 at 14:36 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at 17:37 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, July 29, 202614:36
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, August 6, 202602:21

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Thursday, July 30, 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.