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The Moon on Sunday, July 29, 1951: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on July 29, 1951Waning Crescent

Sunday 29 July 1951405,442 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 29, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.2% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
405,442 km251,930 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1951 is on Wednesday, July 18, 1951 at 19:17 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 2, 1951 at 22:39 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 25, 195118:59
New Moon (after)Thursday, August 2, 195122:39

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Sunday, July 29, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 4, 1951 to the new moon of August 2, 1951, a cycle of 29.62 days.