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The Moon on Friday, April 12, 1929: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on April 12, 1929Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 April 1929365,899 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 12, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.3% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
365,899 km227,359 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1929 is on Tuesday, April 23, 1929 at 21:47 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 9, 1929 at 20:33 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, April 9, 192920:33
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 16, 192914:09

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Friday, April 12, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 9, 1929 to the new moon of May 9, 1929, a cycle of 29.40 days.