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The Moon on Friday, July 29, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 17.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on July 29, 1949Waxing Crescent

Friday 29 July 1949366,261 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 29, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.7% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
366,261 km227,584 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1949 is on Monday, August 8, 1949 at 19:33 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 25, 1949 at 19:33 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Friday, July 29, 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.