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The Moon on Saturday, July 16, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on July 16, 2022Waning Gibbous

Saturday 16 July 2022366,036 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 16, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.1% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
366,036 km227,444 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 2022 is on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 18:38 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 17:55 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Saturday, July 16, 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.