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The Moon on Wednesday, July 27, 2022: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on July 27, 2022Waning Crescent

Wednesday 27 July 2022405,831 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 27, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
405,831 km252,172 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 2022 is on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 18:38 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 17:55 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Wednesday, July 27, 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.