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The Moon on Sunday, April 21, 1929: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on April 21, 1929Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 21 April 1929387,467 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 21, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.9% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
387,467 km240,761 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1929 is on Tuesday, April 23, 1929 at 21:47 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 9, 1929 at 20:33 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Sunday, April 21, 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.