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The Moon on Saturday, July 22, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on July 22, 1944Waxing Crescent

Saturday 22 July 1944403,130 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 22, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.9% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
403,130 km250,493 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1944 is on Friday, August 4, 1944 at 12:39 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 20, 1944 at 05:43 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 20, 194405:43
First Quarter (after)Friday, July 28, 194409:24

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Saturday, July 22, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 20, 1944 to the new moon of August 18, 1944, a cycle of 29.61 days.