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The Moon on Friday, May 24, 1929: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

15.2days

Moon phase on May 24, 1929Waning Gibbous

Friday 24 May 1929404,609 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 24, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 15.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
15.2 dMoon age
404,609 km251,412 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1929 is on Thursday, May 23, 1929 at 12:50 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 7, 1929 at 13:56 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 23, 192912:50
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 31, 192916:13

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Friday, May 24, 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.