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The Moon on Thursday, July 18, 1929: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on July 18, 1929Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 18 July 1929405,516 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 18, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.4% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
405,516 km251,976 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1929 is on Sunday, July 21, 1929 at 19:21 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 6, 1929 at 20:47 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Thursday, July 18, 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.