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The Moon on Monday, July 22, 1968: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on July 22, 1968Waning Crescent

Monday 22 July 1968402,757 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 22, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.7% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
402,757 km250,261 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1968 is on Wednesday, July 10, 1968 at 03:18 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 25, 1968 at 11:50 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 17, 196809:11
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 25, 196811:50

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Monday, July 22, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 25, 1968 to the new moon of July 25, 1968, a cycle of 29.56 days.