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The Moon on Wednesday, February 20, 1929: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on February 20, 1929Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 20 February 1929367,208 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 20, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.0% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
367,208 km228,172 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1929 is on Saturday, February 23, 1929 at 18:59 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 9, 1929 at 17:55 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 17, 192900:22
Full Moon (after)Saturday, February 23, 192918:59

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Wednesday, February 20, 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.