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The Moon on Sunday, July 22, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on July 22, 2012Waxing Crescent

Sunday 22 July 2012380,997 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 22, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.1% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
380,997 km236,740 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 2012 is on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 03:28 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 04:24 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 19, 201204:24
First Quarter (after)Thursday, July 26, 201208:56

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Sunday, July 22, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 19, 2012 to the new moon of August 17, 2012, a cycle of 29.48 days.