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Santa Cruz, California, USA — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, July 2026

Moon: 88.0%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 4, 2026 at 8:02:13 pm
Moon Direction: 82° East
Moon Altitude: -11.3°
Moon Distance: 240,420 mi
Next New Moon: Feb 17, 2026, 4:01 am
Next Full Moon: Mar 3, 2026, 3:37 am
Next Moonrise: Today, 8:57 pm

Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Santa Cruz, July 2026

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Jul Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 7:12 am (240°) 10:06 pm (117°) 2:19 am (28.2°) 250,443 98.2%
2 - 8:14 am (245°) 10:36 pm (111°) 3:07 am (31.9°) 248,959 94.6%
3 - 9:16 am (251°) 11:02 pm (105°) 3:52 am (36.6°) 247,089 89.2%
4 - 10:18 am (259°) 11:27 pm (97°) 4:36 am (42.0°) 244,830 82.1%
5 - 11:19 am (266°) 11:51 pm (90°) 5:18 am (48.0°) 242,199 73.5%
6 - 12:22 pm (274°) - 6:01 am (54.3°) 239,229 63.6%
7 12:15 am (82°) 1:28 pm (282°) - 6:46 am (60.7°) 236,017 52.7%
8 12:42 am (74°) 2:36 pm (290°) - 7:34 am (66.9°) 232,698 41.4%
9 1:13 am (67°) 3:49 pm (297°) - 8:26 am (72.5°) 229,494 30.1%
10 1:51 am (61°) 5:05 pm (302°) - 9:23 am (77.1°) 226,657 19.6%
11 2:39 am (56°) 6:19 pm (305°) - 10:26 am (80.1°) 224,506 10.7%
12 3:38 am (54°) 7:27 pm (306°) - 11:33 am (80.9°) 223,314 4.2%
13 4:49 am (55°) 8:23 pm (303°) - 12:40 pm (79.4°) 223,277 0.6%
14 6:06 am (59°) 9:09 pm (297°) - 1:43 pm (75.8°) 224,447 0.4%
15 7:23 am (65°) 9:46 pm (290°) - 2:41 pm (70.7°) 226,730 3.3%
16 8:38 am (73°) 10:17 pm (283°) - 3:33 pm (64.5°) 229,882 8.9%
17 9:48 am (81°) 10:44 pm (275°) - 4:22 pm (57.9°) 233,588 16.7%
18 10:55 am (89°) 11:09 pm (267°) - 5:07 pm (51.3°) 237,512 25.9%
19 11:59 am (98°) 11:33 pm (259°) - 5:51 pm (45.0°) 241,329 35.9%
20 1:01 pm (105°) 11:59 pm (252°) - 6:34 pm (39.2°) 244,770 46.2%
21 2:03 pm (112°) - - 7:18 pm (34.1°) 247,640 56.4%
22 - 12:27 am (246°) 3:05 pm (118°) 8:04 pm (29.9°) 249,814 66.1%
23 - 12:58 am (241°) 4:06 pm (122°) 8:52 pm (26.7°) 251,238 75.1%
24 - 1:35 am (237°) 5:04 pm (125°) 9:42 pm (24.8°) 251,918 83.0%
25 - 2:18 am (234°) 5:59 pm (126°) 10:34 pm (24.2°) 251,912 89.7%
26 - 3:08 am (234°) 6:48 pm (125°) 11:25 pm (25.0°) 251,310 94.9%
27 - 4:04 am (235°) 7:31 pm (123°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
28 - 5:04 am (239°) 8:08 pm (119°) 12:15 am (27.1°) 250,219 98.3%
29 - 6:06 am (243°) 8:39 pm (113°) 1:04 am (30.5°) 248,749 99.9%
30 - 7:09 am (249°) 9:06 pm (107°) 1:50 am (35.0°) 246,991 99.4%
31 - 8:11 am (256°) 9:32 pm (100°) 2:35 am (40.3°) 245,019 96.9%
* All times are local time for Santa Cruz. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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