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The Moon on Sunday, July 29, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on July 29, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 29 July 2012367,313 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 29, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.2% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
367,313 km228,238 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 2012 is on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 03:28 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 04:24 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 26, 201208:56
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 2, 201203:28

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Sunday, July 29, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 19, 2012 to the new moon of August 17, 2012, a cycle of 29.48 days.