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The Moon on Sunday, July 29, 1979: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on July 29, 1979Waxing Crescent

Sunday 29 July 1979403,090 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 29, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.5% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
403,090 km250,468 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1979 is on Wednesday, August 8, 1979 at 03:21 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 24, 1979 at 01:41 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, July 24, 197901:41
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 1, 197905:58

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Sunday, July 29, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 24, 1979 to the new moon of August 22, 1979, a cycle of 29.65 days.