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The Moon on Friday, July 22, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 92.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on July 22, 2016Waning Gibbous

Friday 22 July 2016376,222 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 22, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.5% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
376,222 km233,773 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 2016 is on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 22:57 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 20:45 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, July 19, 201622:57
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 26, 201623:00

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Friday, July 22, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 4, 2016 to the new moon of August 2, 2016, a cycle of 29.41 days.