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The Moon on Thursday, July 22, 1999: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 69.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on July 22, 1999Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 22 July 1999404,599 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 22, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.9% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
404,599 km251,406 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1999 is on Wednesday, July 28, 1999 at 11:25 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 13, 1999 at 02:24 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 20, 199909:00
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 28, 199911:25

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Thursday, July 22, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 13, 1999 to the new moon of August 11, 1999, a cycle of 29.36 days.