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The Moon on Saturday, July 29, 1978: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on July 29, 1978Waning Crescent

Saturday 29 July 1978400,698 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 29, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.7% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
400,698 km248,982 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1978 is on Thursday, July 20, 1978 at 03:05 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 4, 1978 at 01:01 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 26, 197822:31
New Moon (after)Friday, August 4, 197801:01

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Saturday, July 29, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 5, 1978 to the new moon of August 4, 1978, a cycle of 29.63 days.