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The Moon on Friday, July 22, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 29°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on July 22, 1966Waxing Crescent

Friday 22 July 1966365,910 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 22, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.0% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
365,910 km227,366 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1966 is on Monday, August 1, 1966 at 09:05 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 18, 1966 at 04:30 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 18, 196604:30
First Quarter (after)Sunday, July 24, 196619:00

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Friday, July 22, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 18, 1966 to the new moon of August 16, 1966, a cycle of 29.30 days.