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The Moon on Wednesday, July 22, 1987: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on July 22, 1987Waning Crescent

Wednesday 22 July 1987403,705 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 22, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.1% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
403,705 km250,850 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1987 is on Saturday, July 11, 1987 at 03:33 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 25, 1987 at 20:38 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 17, 198720:17
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 25, 198720:38

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Wednesday, July 22, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 26, 1987 to the new moon of July 25, 1987, a cycle of 29.63 days.