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The Moon on Friday, February 15, 1929: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 33.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on February 15, 1929Waxing Crescent

Friday 15 February 1929374,954 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 15, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.4% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
374,954 km232,985 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 1929 is on Saturday, February 23, 1929 at 18:59 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 9, 1929 at 17:55 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, February 9, 192917:55
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 17, 192900:22

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Friday, February 15, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 9, 1929 to the new moon of March 11, 1929, a cycle of 29.61 days.