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The Moon on Sunday, July 29, 2001: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on July 29, 2001Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 29 July 2001389,052 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 29, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.4% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
389,052 km241,746 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (2°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 2001 is on Saturday, August 4, 2001 at 05:56 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 20, 2001 at 19:44 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, July 27, 200110:08
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 4, 200105:56

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Sunday, July 29, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 20, 2001 to the new moon of August 19, 2001, a cycle of 29.30 days.