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The Moon on Friday, July 22, 2022: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 31.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on July 22, 2022Waning Crescent

Friday 22 July 2022399,180 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 22, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.6% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
399,180 km248,039 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 2022 is on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 18:38 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 17:55 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 20, 202214:19
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 28, 202217:55

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Friday, July 22, 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.