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The Moon on Wednesday, July 17, 1929: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on July 17, 1929Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 17 July 1929404,082 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 17, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.2% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
404,082 km251,085 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1929 is on Sunday, July 21, 1929 at 19:21 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 6, 1929 at 20:47 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 13, 192916:05
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 21, 192919:21

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Wednesday, July 17, 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.