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The Moon on Friday, July 5, 1929: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on July 5, 1929Waning Crescent

Friday 5 July 1929358,459 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 5, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
358,459 km222,736 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 1929 is on Saturday, June 22, 1929 at 04:15 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 6, 1929 at 20:47 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Friday, July 5, 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.