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The Moon on Wednesday, July 5, 1922: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on July 5, 1922Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 5 July 1922379,399 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 5, 1922, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.7% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
379,399 km235,748 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 1922 is on Sunday, July 9, 1922 at 03:07 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 25, 1922 at 04:19 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 1, 192222:52
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 9, 192203:07

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Wednesday, July 5, 1922 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 25, 1922 to the new moon of July 24, 1922, a cycle of 29.35 days.