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The Moon on Saturday, April 20, 1929: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on April 20, 1929Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 20 April 1929384,113 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 20, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.0% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
384,113 km238,677 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Saturday, April 20, 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.