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The Moon on Friday, July 29, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on July 29, 1960Waxing Crescent

Friday 29 July 1960386,969 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 29, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.0% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
386,969 km240,451 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1960 is on Sunday, August 7, 1960 at 02:41 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 23, 1960 at 18:31 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 23, 196018:31
First Quarter (after)Sunday, July 31, 196012:39

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Friday, July 29, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 23, 1960 to the new moon of August 22, 1960, a cycle of 29.61 days.