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The Moon on Thursday, May 23, 1929: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 100.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

Full Moon at

12:50UTC

Moon phase on May 23, 1929Full Moon

Thursday 23 May 1929402,984 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 23, 1929, the Moon was a Full Moon: 100.0% of its visible face lit, 14.2 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

100.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.2 dMoon age
402,984 km250,402 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Flower Moon, 403,050 km from Earth. MicromoonPenumbral lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1929 is on Thursday, May 23, 1929 at 12:50 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 9, 1929 at 06:07 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 15, 192920:56
Full Moon (this day)Thursday, May 23, 192912:50
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 31, 192916:13

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Thursday, May 23, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 9, 1929 to the new moon of June 7, 1929, a cycle of 29.33 days.