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The Moon on Wednesday, July 22, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 64.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on July 22, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 22 July 1942370,444 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 22, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.4% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
370,444 km230,183 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1942 is on Monday, July 27, 1942 at 19:14 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 13, 1942 at 12:03 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 21, 194205:13
Full Moon (after)Monday, July 27, 194219:14

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Wednesday, July 22, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 13, 1942 to the new moon of August 12, 1942, a cycle of 29.60 days.