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The Moon on Monday, July 29, 1957: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on July 29, 1957Waxing Crescent

Monday 29 July 1957360,527 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 29, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.1% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
360,527 km224,021 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1957 is on Saturday, August 10, 1957 at 13:08 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 27, 1957 at 04:28 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 27, 195704:28
First Quarter (after)Friday, August 2, 195718:55

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Monday, July 29, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 27, 1957 to the new moon of August 25, 1957, a cycle of 29.29 days.