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The Moon on Saturday, July 29, 1944: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on July 29, 1944Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 29 July 1944392,506 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 29, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.1% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
392,506 km243,892 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1944 is on Friday, August 4, 1944 at 12:39 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 20, 1944 at 05:43 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, July 28, 194409:24
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 4, 194412:39

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Saturday, July 29, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 20, 1944 to the new moon of August 18, 1944, a cycle of 29.61 days.