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The Moon on Wednesday, July 29, 1987: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on July 29, 1987Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 29 July 1987400,643 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 29, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.7% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
400,643 km248,948 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1987 is on Sunday, August 9, 1987 at 10:17 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 25, 1987 at 20:38 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 25, 198720:38
First Quarter (after)Sunday, August 2, 198719:24

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Wednesday, July 29, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 25, 1987 to the new moon of August 24, 1987, a cycle of 29.64 days.