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The Moon on Friday, July 22, 1927: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 40.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on July 22, 1927Waning Crescent

Friday 22 July 1927371,301 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 22, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.0% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
371,301 km230,716 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1927 is on Thursday, July 14, 1927 at 19:22 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 28, 1927 at 17:36 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, July 21, 192714:43
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 28, 192717:36

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Friday, July 22, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 29, 1927 to the new moon of July 28, 1927, a cycle of 29.46 days.