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The Moon on Tuesday, July 29, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 44.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

7.5days

Moon phase on July 29, 1952Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 29 July 1952390,421 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 29, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 44.2% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
390,421 km242,596 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1952 is on Tuesday, August 5, 1952 at 19:40 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 21, 1952 at 23:31 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 21, 195223:31
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 30, 195201:51

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Tuesday, July 29, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 21, 1952 to the new moon of August 20, 1952, a cycle of 29.66 days.