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The Moon on Saturday, July 30, 2022: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on July 30, 2022Waxing Crescent

Saturday 30 July 2022400,682 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 30, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.1% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
400,682 km248,972 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 2022 is on Friday, August 12, 2022 at 01:36 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 17:55 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Saturday, July 30, 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.