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The Moon on Thursday, February 21, 1929: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on February 21, 1929Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 21 February 1929367,959 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 21, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.0% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
367,959 km228,639 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 1929 is on Saturday, February 23, 1929 at 18:59 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 9, 1929 at 17:55 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Thursday, February 21, 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.