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The Moon on Saturday, July 20, 1929: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on July 20, 1929Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 20 July 1929405,827 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 20, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
405,827 km252,169 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1929 is on Sunday, July 21, 1929 at 19:21 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 6, 1929 at 20:47 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 13, 192916:05
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 21, 192919:21

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Saturday, July 20, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 6, 1929 to the new moon of August 5, 1929, a cycle of 29.29 days.