Moon calendar: July 2026
Every moon phase, the Moon's sign each day and the key lunar dates for July 2026, calculated from real astronomical positions.
Key moon dates
- Last Quarter · in ♈︎ Aries
- New Moon · in ♋︎ Cancer
- First Quarter · in ♎︎ Libra
- Full Moon · Buck Moon · in ♒︎ Aquarius
Times are shown in your local time when JavaScript is on, otherwise in UTC.
How to use this month's moon
New Moon in Cancer (July 14). A good checkpoint for home and the people closest to you. Plan one small change that makes your space feel safer or calmer.
Full Moon in Aquarius (July 29). Time to review detachment. Notice where you have been thinking about people instead of actually connecting with them.
Using the lunar cycle as a planning rhythm gives you a natural reset roughly every two weeks: set intentions at the new moon, check progress at the full moon. More in the new moon routine and the full moon reset.
Retrogrades during July 2026
- Mercury is retrograde until July 23, 2026.
- Saturn is retrograde from July 26 until December 11, 2026.
- Neptune is retrograde from July 7 until December 12, 2026.
- Pluto is retrograde until October 16, 2026.
See every date in the retrograde calendar.
Day by day
| Date | Phase | Lit | Moon in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | Waning Gibbous | 98% | ♑︎ Capricorn Capricorn → Aquarius, |
| Thu 2 | Waning Gibbous | 94% | ♒︎ Aquarius |
| Fri 3 | Waning Gibbous | 89% | ♒︎ Aquarius |
| Sat 4 | Waning Gibbous | 82% | ♓︎ Pisces Aquarius → Pisces, |
| Sun 5 | Waning Gibbous | 74% | ♓︎ Pisces |
| Mon 6 | Waning Gibbous | 64% | ♓︎ Pisces Pisces → Aries, |
| Tue 7 | Last Quarter | 54% | ♈︎ Aries |
| Wed 8 | Waning Crescent | 43% | ♈︎ Aries Aries → Taurus, |
| Thu 9 | Waning Crescent | 32% | ♉︎ Taurus |
| Fri 10 | Waning Crescent | 21% | ♉︎ Taurus Taurus → Gemini, |
| Sat 11 | Waning Crescent | 12% | ♊︎ Gemini |
| Sun 12 | Waning Crescent | 6% | ♊︎ Gemini Gemini → Cancer, |
| Mon 13 | Waning Crescent | 1% | ♋︎ Cancer |
| Tue 14 | New Moon | 0% | ♋︎ Cancer Cancer → Leo, |
| Wed 15 | Waxing Crescent | 2% | ♌︎ Leo |
| Thu 16 | Waxing Crescent | 6% | ♌︎ Leo |
| Fri 17 | Waxing Crescent | 13% | ♍︎ Virgo Leo → Virgo, |
| Sat 18 | Waxing Crescent | 21% | ♍︎ Virgo |
| Sun 19 | Waxing Crescent | 31% | ♎︎ Libra Virgo → Libra, |
| Mon 20 | Waxing Crescent | 41% | ♎︎ Libra |
| Tue 21 | First Quarter | 51% | ♎︎ Libra Libra → Scorpio, |
| Wed 22 | Waxing Gibbous | 60% | ♏︎ Scorpio |
| Thu 23 | Waxing Gibbous | 69% | ♏︎ Scorpio |
| Fri 24 | Waxing Gibbous | 78% | ♐︎ Sagittarius Scorpio → Sagittarius, |
| Sat 25 | Waxing Gibbous | 85% | ♐︎ Sagittarius |
| Sun 26 | Waxing Gibbous | 91% | ♐︎ Sagittarius Sagittarius → Capricorn, |
| Mon 27 | Waxing Gibbous | 96% | ♑︎ Capricorn |
| Tue 28 | Waxing Gibbous | 99% | ♑︎ Capricorn |
| Wed 29 | Full Moon | 100% | ♒︎ Aquarius Capricorn → Aquarius, |
| Thu 30 | Waning Gibbous | 99% | ♒︎ Aquarius |
| Fri 31 | Waning Gibbous | 97% | ♒︎ Aquarius Aquarius → Pisces, |
Phase, illumination and sign are given for 12:00 UTC each day. Sign changes show the exact moment the Moon moves into the next sign.
Calculated with Astronomy Engine. Astrological meanings are for reflection and planning, not prediction.