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The Moon on Monday, July 29, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 16.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on July 29, 1968Waxing Crescent

Monday 29 July 1968380,633 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 29, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.8% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
380,633 km236,514 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1968 is on Thursday, August 8, 1968 at 11:32 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 25, 1968 at 11:50 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 25, 196811:50
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 1, 196818:34

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Monday, July 29, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 25, 1968 to the new moon of August 23, 1968, a cycle of 29.50 days.