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The Moon on Wednesday, July 29, 1959: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 32.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on July 29, 1959Waning Crescent

Wednesday 29 July 1959404,541 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 29, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.5% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
404,541 km251,370 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (26°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1959 is on Monday, July 20, 1959 at 03:33 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 4, 1959 at 14:34 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, July 27, 195914:22
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 4, 195914:34

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Wednesday, July 29, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 6, 1959 to the new moon of August 4, 1959, a cycle of 29.52 days.