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The Moon on Sunday, July 22, 1973: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 57.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on July 22, 1973Waning Gibbous

Sunday 22 July 1973379,670 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 22, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.4% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
379,670 km235,916 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1973 is on Sunday, July 15, 1973 at 11:56 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 29, 1973 at 18:59 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, July 15, 197311:56
Last Quarter (after)Monday, July 23, 197303:58

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Sunday, July 22, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 30, 1973 to the new moon of July 29, 1973, a cycle of 29.31 days.