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The Moon on Friday, July 29, 2011: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on July 29, 2011Waning Crescent

Friday 29 July 2011376,841 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 29, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
376,841 km234,158 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 2011 is on Friday, July 15, 2011 at 06:40 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 18:40 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, July 23, 201105:02
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 30, 201118:40

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Friday, July 29, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 1, 2011 to the new moon of July 30, 2011, a cycle of 29.41 days.