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The Moon on Saturday, July 22, 2017: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on July 22, 2017Waning Crescent

Saturday 22 July 2017361,724 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 22, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
361,724 km224,765 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 2017 is on Sunday, July 9, 2017 at 04:07 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 23, 2017 at 09:46 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, July 16, 201719:26
New Moon (after)Sunday, July 23, 201709:46

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Saturday, July 22, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 24, 2017 to the new moon of July 23, 2017, a cycle of 29.30 days.