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The Moon on Wednesday, July 22, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on July 22, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 22 July 1953385,426 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 22, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.9% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
385,426 km239,493 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1953 is on Sunday, July 26, 1953 at 12:21 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 11, 1953 at 02:28 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, July 19, 195304:47
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 26, 195312:21

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Wednesday, July 22, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 11, 1953 to the new moon of August 9, 1953, a cycle of 29.57 days.