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The Moon on Friday, February 22, 1929: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on February 22, 1929Waxing Gibbous

Friday 22 February 1929369,816 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 22, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
369,816 km229,793 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1929 is on Saturday, February 23, 1929 at 18:59 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 9, 1929 at 17:55 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Friday, February 22, 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.