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The Moon on Friday, March 8, 1929: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on March 8, 1929Waning Crescent

Friday 8 March 1929394,062 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 8, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.9% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
394,062 km244,859 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1929 is on Saturday, February 23, 1929 at 18:59 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 11, 1929 at 08:37 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Friday, March 8, 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.