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The Moon on Saturday, July 29, 1939: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on July 29, 1939Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 29 July 1939402,143 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 29, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.9% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
402,143 km249,880 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1939 is on Monday, July 31, 1939 at 06:37 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 16, 1939 at 21:03 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, July 23, 193911:34
Full Moon (after)Monday, July 31, 193906:37

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Saturday, July 29, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 16, 1939 to the new moon of August 15, 1939, a cycle of 29.29 days.