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The Moon on Thursday, July 22, 1976: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on July 22, 1976Waning Crescent

Thursday 22 July 1976398,501 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 22, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.1% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
398,501 km247,617 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1976 is on Sunday, July 11, 1976 at 13:09 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 27, 1976 at 01:39 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, July 19, 197606:30
New Moon (after)Tuesday, July 27, 197601:39

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Thursday, July 22, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 27, 1976 to the new moon of July 27, 1976, a cycle of 29.45 days.