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The Moon on Thursday, July 29, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 40.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

7.1days

Moon phase on July 29, 1971Waxing Crescent

Thursday 29 July 1971403,635 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 29, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.9% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
403,635 km250,807 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1971 is on Friday, August 6, 1971 at 19:42 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 22, 1971 at 09:15 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 22, 197109:15
First Quarter (after)Friday, July 30, 197111:07

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Thursday, July 29, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 22, 1971 to the new moon of August 20, 1971, a cycle of 29.57 days.