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The Moon on Thursday, April 18, 1929: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 70.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 22°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on April 18, 1929Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 18 April 1929377,573 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 18, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.8% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
377,573 km234,613 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1929 is on Tuesday, April 23, 1929 at 21:47 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 9, 1929 at 20:33 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 16, 192914:09
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 23, 192921:47

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Thursday, April 18, 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.