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The Moon on Friday, July 22, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on July 22, 1977Waxing Crescent

Friday 22 July 1977377,890 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 22, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.7% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
377,890 km234,810 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1977 is on Saturday, July 30, 1977 at 10:52 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 16, 1977 at 08:37 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 16, 197708:37
First Quarter (after)Saturday, July 23, 197719:38

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Friday, July 22, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 16, 1977 to the new moon of August 14, 1977, a cycle of 29.54 days.