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The Moon on Sunday, July 22, 1928: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 30.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on July 22, 1928Waxing Crescent

Sunday 22 July 1928394,706 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 22, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.1% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
394,706 km245,259 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1928 is on Wednesday, August 1, 1928 at 15:31 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 17, 1928 at 04:35 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, July 17, 192804:35
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 24, 192814:38

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Sunday, July 22, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 17, 1928 to the new moon of August 15, 1928, a cycle of 29.38 days.