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The Moon on Wednesday, April 3, 1929: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 38.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on April 3, 1929Waning Crescent

Wednesday 3 April 1929400,472 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 3, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.9% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
400,472 km248,841 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 3, 1929 is on Monday, March 25, 1929 at 07:46 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 9, 1929 at 20:33 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 2, 192907:29
New Moon (after)Tuesday, April 9, 192920:33

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Wednesday, April 3, 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.