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The Moon on Thursday, August 1, 1929: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 18.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on August 1, 1929Waning Crescent

Thursday 1 August 1929364,229 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 1, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.8% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
364,229 km226,321 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1929 is on Sunday, July 21, 1929 at 19:21 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 5, 1929 at 03:40 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, July 29, 192912:56
New Moon (after)Monday, August 5, 192903:40

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Thursday, August 1, 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.