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The Moon on Wednesday, June 5, 1929: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on June 5, 1929Waning Crescent

Wednesday 5 June 1929364,195 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 5, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.3% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
364,195 km226,300 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 1929 is on Thursday, May 23, 1929 at 12:50 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 7, 1929 at 13:56 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 31, 192916:13
New Moon (after)Friday, June 7, 192913:56

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Wednesday, June 5, 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.