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The Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 1929: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 52.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Last Quarter at

18:44UTC

Moon phase on January 2, 1929Last Quarter

Wednesday 2 January 1929392,186 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 2, 1929, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 52.9% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

52.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
392,186 km243,693 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 1929 is on Wednesday, December 26, 1928 at 19:55 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 11, 1929 at 00:28 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, December 26, 192819:55
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, January 2, 192918:44
New Moon (after)Friday, January 11, 192900:28

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Wednesday, January 2, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 12, 1928 to the new moon of January 11, 1929, a cycle of 29.81 days.