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The Moon on Wednesday, January 23, 1929: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on January 23, 1929Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 23 January 1929361,591 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 23, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.3% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
361,591 km224,682 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1929 is on Friday, January 25, 1929 at 07:09 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 11, 1929 at 00:28 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Wednesday, January 23, 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.