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The Moon on Friday, July 15, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

16.4days

Moon phase on July 15, 2022Waning Gibbous

Friday 15 July 2022361,500 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 15, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.3% of its visible face lit, 16.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.4 dMoon age
361,500 km224,626 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 2022 is on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 18:38 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 17:55 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, July 13, 202218:38
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 20, 202214:19

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Friday, July 15, 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.