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The Moon on Sunday, July 29, 1928: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on July 29, 1928Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 29 July 1928399,575 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 29, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.2% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
399,575 km248,284 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (30°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1928 is on Wednesday, August 1, 1928 at 15:31 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 17, 1928 at 04:35 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 24, 192814:38
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 1, 192815:31

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Sunday, July 29, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 17, 1928 to the new moon of August 15, 1928, a cycle of 29.38 days.