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The Moon on Monday, July 29, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on July 29, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Monday 29 July 1985374,024 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 29, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.9% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
374,024 km232,408 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1985 is on Wednesday, July 31, 1985 at 21:41 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 17, 1985 at 23:57 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 24, 198523:39
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 31, 198521:41

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Monday, July 29, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 17, 1985 to the new moon of August 16, 1985, a cycle of 29.42 days.