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The Moon on Wednesday, February 6, 1929: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on February 6, 1929Waning Crescent

Wednesday 6 February 1929402,625 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 6, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.1% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
402,625 km250,180 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (10°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 6, 1929 is on Friday, January 25, 1929 at 07:09 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 9, 1929 at 17:55 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, February 1, 192914:10
New Moon (after)Saturday, February 9, 192917:55

The Moon around February 6

More about this date

Wednesday, February 6, 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.