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The Moon on Friday, July 12, 1929: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 38.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on July 12, 1929Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 July 1929382,885 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 12, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.0% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
382,885 km237,914 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 1929 is on Sunday, July 21, 1929 at 19:21 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 6, 1929 at 20:47 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 6, 192920:47
First Quarter (after)Saturday, July 13, 192916:05

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Friday, July 12, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 6, 1929 to the new moon of August 5, 1929, a cycle of 29.29 days.