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The Moon on Wednesday, July 29, 2009: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 56.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on July 29, 2009Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 29 July 2009392,382 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 29, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.1% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
392,382 km243,815 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 2009 is on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 00:55 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 02:35 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 28, 200922:00
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 6, 200900:55

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 22, 2009 to the new moon of August 20, 2009, a cycle of 29.31 days.