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The Moon on Monday, July 29, 1946: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on July 29, 1946Waxing Crescent

Monday 29 July 1946371,449 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 29, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
371,449 km230,808 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1946 is on Monday, August 12, 1946 at 22:26 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 28, 1946 at 11:54 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, July 28, 194611:54
First Quarter (after)Sunday, August 4, 194620:56

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Monday, July 29, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 28, 1946 to the new moon of August 26, 1946, a cycle of 29.38 days.