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The Moon on Thursday, July 28, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on July 28, 1949Waxing Crescent

Thursday 28 July 1949366,319 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 28, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.7% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
366,319 km227,620 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 1949 is on Monday, August 8, 1949 at 19:33 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 25, 1949 at 19:33 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 25, 194919:33
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 1, 194912:58

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Thursday, July 28, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 25, 1949 to the new moon of August 24, 1949, a cycle of 29.35 days.