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The Moon on Saturday, March 23, 1929: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on March 23, 1929Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 23 March 1929378,647 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 23, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.0% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
378,647 km235,280 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1929 is on Monday, March 25, 1929 at 07:46 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 11, 1929 at 08:37 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Saturday, March 23, 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.