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The Moon on Friday, February 8, 1929: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on February 8, 1929Waning Crescent

Friday 8 February 1929397,178 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 8, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
397,178 km246,795 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 8, 1929 is on Friday, January 25, 1929 at 07:09 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 9, 1929 at 17:55 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around February 8

More about this date

Friday, February 8, 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.