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The Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 1929: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 73.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on March 20, 1929Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 20 March 1929372,038 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 20, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.9% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
372,038 km231,174 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (28°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1929 is on Monday, March 25, 1929 at 07:46 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 11, 1929 at 08:37 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, March 18, 192907:41
Full Moon (after)Monday, March 25, 192907:46

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Wednesday, March 20, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 11, 1929 to the new moon of April 9, 1929, a cycle of 29.50 days.