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The Moon on Thursday, April 29, 1926: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on April 29, 1926Waning Gibbous

Thursday 29 April 1926383,606 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 29, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
383,606 km238,361 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1926 is on Wednesday, April 28, 1926 at 00:17 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 11, 1926 at 22:55 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, April 28, 192600:17
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 5, 192603:13

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Thursday, April 29, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 12, 1926 to the new moon of May 11, 1926, a cycle of 29.42 days.