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The Moon on Monday, July 29, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on July 29, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Monday 29 July 1974398,943 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 29, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.4% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
398,943 km247,892 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1974 is on Saturday, August 3, 1974 at 03:57 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 19, 1974 at 12:06 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, July 26, 197403:51
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 3, 197403:57

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Monday, July 29, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 19, 1974 to the new moon of August 17, 1974, a cycle of 29.29 days.