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The Moon on Tuesday, July 29, 1997: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 22.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on July 29, 1997Waning Crescent

Tuesday 29 July 1997386,617 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 29, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.3% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
386,617 km240,232 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1997 is on Sunday, July 20, 1997 at 03:20 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 3, 1997 at 08:14 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, July 26, 199718:28
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 3, 199708:14

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Tuesday, July 29, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 4, 1997 to the new moon of August 3, 1997, a cycle of 29.57 days.