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The Moon on Sunday, July 29, 1962: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on July 29, 1962Waning Crescent

Sunday 29 July 1962389,579 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 29, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
389,579 km242,073 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1962 is on Tuesday, July 17, 1962 at 11:41 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 31, 1962 at 12:24 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 24, 196204:18
New Moon (after)Tuesday, July 31, 196212:24

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Sunday, July 29, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 1, 1962 to the new moon of July 31, 1962, a cycle of 29.52 days.