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The Moon on Tuesday, July 29, 2014: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on July 29, 2014Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 29 July 2014405,873 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 29, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.9% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
405,873 km252,198 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 2014 is on Sunday, August 10, 2014 at 18:09 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 26, 2014 at 22:42 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 26, 201422:42
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 4, 201400:50

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Tuesday, July 29, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 26, 2014 to the new moon of August 25, 2014, a cycle of 29.65 days.