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The Moon on Sunday, January 20, 1929: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 70.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on January 20, 1929Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 20 January 1929367,656 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 20, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.6% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
367,656 km228,451 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1929 is on Friday, January 25, 1929 at 07:09 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 11, 1929 at 00:28 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, January 18, 192915:15
Full Moon (after)Friday, January 25, 192907:09

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Sunday, January 20, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 11, 1929 to the new moon of February 9, 1929, a cycle of 29.73 days.