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The Moon on Sunday, July 29, 1973: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

New Moon at

18:59UTC

Moon phase on July 29, 1973New Moon

Sunday 29 July 1973361,769 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 29, 1973, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
361,769 km224,793 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1973 is on Sunday, July 15, 1973 at 11:56 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 29, 1973 at 18:59 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, July 23, 197303:58
New Moon (this day)Sunday, July 29, 197318:59
First Quarter (after)Sunday, August 5, 197322:27

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Sunday, July 29, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 30, 1973 to the new moon of July 29, 1973, a cycle of 29.31 days.