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The Moon on Sunday, March 3, 1929: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 49.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Last Quarter at

11:09UTC

Moon phase on March 3, 1929Last Quarter

Sunday 3 March 1929403,965 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 3, 1929, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.8% of its visible face lit, 21.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.8 dMoon age
403,965 km251,012 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 3, 1929 is on Saturday, February 23, 1929 at 18:59 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 11, 1929 at 08:37 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 23, 192918:59
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, March 3, 192911:09
New Moon (after)Monday, March 11, 192908:37

The Moon around March 3

More about this date

Sunday, March 3, 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.