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The Moon on Thursday, July 29, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on July 29, 1976Waxing Crescent

Thursday 29 July 1976371,755 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 29, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.5% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
371,755 km230,998 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1976 is on Monday, August 9, 1976 at 23:44 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 27, 1976 at 01:39 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, July 27, 197601:39
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 2, 197622:07

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Thursday, July 29, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 27, 1976 to the new moon of August 25, 1976, a cycle of 29.39 days.