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The Moon on Friday, July 29, 2016: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 22.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on July 29, 2016Waning Crescent

Friday 29 July 2016370,793 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 29, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.5% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
370,793 km230,400 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 2016 is on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 22:57 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 20:45 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 26, 201623:00
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 2, 201620:45

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Friday, July 29, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 4, 2016 to the new moon of August 2, 2016, a cycle of 29.41 days.