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The Moon on Wednesday, March 6, 1929: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 22.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on March 6, 1929Waning Crescent

Wednesday 6 March 1929401,041 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 6, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.9% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
401,041 km249,195 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1929 is on Saturday, February 23, 1929 at 18:59 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 11, 1929 at 08:37 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, March 3, 192911:09
New Moon (after)Monday, March 11, 192908:37

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Wednesday, March 6, 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.