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The Moon on Friday, July 29, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on July 29, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Friday 29 July 1977364,863 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 29, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
364,863 km226,715 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1977 is on Saturday, July 30, 1977 at 10:52 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 16, 1977 at 08:37 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 23, 197719:38
Full Moon (after)Saturday, July 30, 197710:52

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Friday, July 29, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 16, 1977 to the new moon of August 14, 1977, a cycle of 29.54 days.