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The Moon on Thursday, July 22, 1993: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on July 22, 1993Waxing Crescent

Thursday 22 July 1993365,147 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 22, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.5% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
365,147 km226,892 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1993 is on Monday, August 2, 1993 at 12:10 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 19, 1993 at 11:24 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 19, 199311:24
First Quarter (after)Monday, July 26, 199303:25

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Thursday, July 22, 1993 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 19, 1993 to the new moon of August 17, 1993, a cycle of 29.34 days.