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The Moon on Friday, July 29, 2022: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on July 29, 2022Waxing Crescent

Friday 29 July 2022402,974 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 29, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
402,974 km250,397 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 2022 is on Friday, August 12, 2022 at 01:36 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 17:55 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 28, 202217:55
First Quarter (after)Friday, August 5, 202211:07

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Friday, July 29, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 28, 2022 to the new moon of August 27, 2022, a cycle of 29.60 days.