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The Moon on Friday, July 22, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on July 22, 2005Waning Gibbous

Friday 22 July 2005357,597 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 22, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
357,597 km222,201 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 2005 is on Thursday, July 21, 2005 at 11:00 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 5, 2005 at 03:05 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, July 21, 200511:00
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, July 28, 200503:19

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Friday, July 22, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 6, 2005 to the new moon of August 5, 2005, a cycle of 29.63 days.