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The Moon on Wednesday, July 3, 1929: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on July 3, 1929Waning Crescent

Wednesday 3 July 1929365,559 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 3, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.1% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
365,559 km227,148 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 1929 is on Saturday, June 22, 1929 at 04:15 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 6, 1929 at 20:47 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, June 30, 192903:54
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 6, 192920:47

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Wednesday, July 3, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 7, 1929 to the new moon of July 6, 1929, a cycle of 29.29 days.