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The Moon on Friday, July 29, 1938: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on July 29, 1938Waxing Crescent

Friday 29 July 1938366,352 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 29, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.1% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
366,352 km227,640 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1938 is on Thursday, August 11, 1938 at 05:57 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 27, 1938 at 03:54 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, July 27, 193803:54
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 3, 193802:00

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Friday, July 29, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 27, 1938 to the new moon of August 25, 1938, a cycle of 29.31 days.