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The Moon on Wednesday, May 29, 1929: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 71.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on May 29, 1929Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 29 May 1929401,142 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 29, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.0% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
401,142 km249,258 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1929 is on Thursday, May 23, 1929 at 12:50 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 7, 1929 at 13:56 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Wednesday, May 29, 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.