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The Moon on Tuesday, July 29, 2008: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on July 29, 2008Waning Crescent

Tuesday 29 July 2008364,021 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 29, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.8% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
364,021 km226,192 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 2008 is on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 07:59 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 1, 2008 at 10:13 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 25, 200818:42
New Moon (after)Friday, August 1, 200810:13

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 3, 2008 to the new moon of August 1, 2008, a cycle of 29.33 days.