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The Moon on Thursday, August 29, 1912: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on August 29, 1912Waning Gibbous

Thursday 29 August 1912400,310 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 29, 1912, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
400,310 km248,741 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (24°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1912 is on Tuesday, August 27, 1912 at 19:59 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 11, 1912 at 03:48 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, August 27, 191219:59
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, September 4, 191213:23

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Thursday, August 29, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 12, 1912 to the new moon of September 11, 1912, a cycle of 29.33 days.