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The Moon on Friday, July 22, 1960: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on July 22, 1960Waning Crescent

Friday 22 July 1960406,023 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 22, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
406,023 km252,291 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1960 is on Friday, July 8, 1960 at 19:37 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 23, 1960 at 18:31 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 15, 196015:43
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 23, 196018:31

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Friday, July 22, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 24, 1960 to the new moon of July 23, 1960, a cycle of 29.63 days.