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The Moon on Wednesday, July 31, 1929: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on July 31, 1929Waning Crescent

Wednesday 31 July 1929368,203 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 31, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.7% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
368,203 km228,790 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 1929 is on Sunday, July 21, 1929 at 19:21 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 5, 1929 at 03:40 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, July 29, 192912:56
New Moon (after)Monday, August 5, 192903:40

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Wednesday, July 31, 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.