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The Moon on Thursday, July 28, 2022: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

New Moon at

17:55UTC

Moon phase on July 28, 2022New Moon

Thursday 28 July 2022404,709 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 28, 2022, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.4 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.4 dMoon age
404,709 km251,474 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 2022 is on Friday, August 12, 2022 at 01:36 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 17:55 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 20, 202214:19
New Moon (this day)Thursday, July 28, 202217:55
First Quarter (after)Friday, August 5, 202211:07

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Thursday, July 28, 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.