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The Moon on Wednesday, May 8, 1929: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on May 8, 1929Waning Crescent

Wednesday 8 May 1929365,340 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 8, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
365,340 km227,011 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1929 is on Tuesday, April 23, 1929 at 21:47 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 9, 1929 at 06:07 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 2, 192901:26
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 9, 192906:07

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Wednesday, May 8, 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.