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The Moon on Friday, July 22, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 56.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on July 22, 2011Waning Gibbous

Friday 22 July 2011404,152 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 22, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.9% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
404,152 km251,128 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 2011 is on Friday, July 15, 2011 at 06:40 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 18:40 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, July 15, 201106:40
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, July 23, 201105:02

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Friday, July 22, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 1, 2011 to the new moon of July 30, 2011, a cycle of 29.41 days.