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The Moon on Sunday, February 17, 1929: First Quarter, 56% lit

Waxing · 55.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

First Quarter at

00:22UTC

Moon phase on February 17, 1929First Quarter

Sunday 17 February 1929370,269 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 17, 1929, the Moon was a First Quarter: 55.6% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

55.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
370,269 km230,074 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, February 9, 192917:55
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, February 17, 192900:22
Full Moon (after)Saturday, February 23, 192918:59

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Sunday, February 17, 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.