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The Moon on Saturday, July 29, 2017: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on July 29, 2017Waxing Crescent

Saturday 29 July 2017394,487 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 29, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.9% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
394,487 km245,123 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 2017 is on Monday, August 7, 2017 at 18:11 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 23, 2017 at 09:46 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, July 23, 201709:46
First Quarter (after)Sunday, July 30, 201715:23

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Saturday, July 29, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 23, 2017 to the new moon of August 21, 2017, a cycle of 29.36 days.