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The Moon on Monday, July 22, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 37.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

6.8days

Moon phase on July 22, 1996Waxing Crescent

Monday 22 July 1996392,429 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 22, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.5% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
392,429 km243,844 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1996 is on Tuesday, July 30, 1996 at 10:35 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 15, 1996 at 16:15 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 15, 199616:15
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 23, 199617:49

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Monday, July 22, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 15, 1996 to the new moon of August 14, 1996, a cycle of 29.64 days.