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The Moon on Tuesday, July 5, 2022: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 33.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on July 5, 2022Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 5 July 2022392,094 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 5, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.9% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
392,094 km243,636 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 2022 is on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 18:38 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at 02:52 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Tuesday, July 5, 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.