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The Moon on Saturday, July 23, 2022: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 23.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on July 23, 2022Waning Crescent

Saturday 23 July 2022402,427 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 23, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.0% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
402,427 km250,057 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 2022 is on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 18:38 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 17:55 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Saturday, July 23, 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.