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The Moon on Thursday, July 27, 1922: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on July 27, 1922Waxing Crescent

Thursday 27 July 1922363,272 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 27, 1922, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.3% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
363,272 km225,726 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1922 is on Monday, August 7, 1922 at 16:19 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 24, 1922 at 12:47 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 24, 192212:47
First Quarter (after)Monday, July 31, 192204:21

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Thursday, July 27, 1922 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 24, 1922 to the new moon of August 22, 1922, a cycle of 29.32 days.