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The Moon on Sunday, February 29, 1920: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 77.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on February 29, 1920Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 29 February 1920369,956 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 29, 1920, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.2% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
369,956 km229,880 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 29, 1920 is on Thursday, March 4, 1920 at 21:12 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 19, 1920 at 21:35 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, February 26, 192023:49
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 4, 192021:12

The Moon around February 29

More about this date

Sunday, February 29, 1920 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 19, 1920 to the new moon of March 20, 1920, a cycle of 29.56 days.