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The Moon on Friday, July 1, 2022: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on July 1, 2022Waxing Crescent

Friday 1 July 2022404,817 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 1, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
404,817 km251,541 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 1, 2022 is on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 18:38 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at 02:52 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, June 29, 202202:52
First Quarter (after)Thursday, July 7, 202202:14

The Moon around July 1

More about this date

Friday, July 1, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 29, 2022 to the new moon of July 28, 2022, a cycle of 29.63 days.