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The Moon on Wednesday, August 14, 1929: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on August 14, 1929Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 14 August 1929403,887 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 14, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.1% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
403,887 km250,963 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (16°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1929 is on Tuesday, August 20, 1929 at 09:42 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 5, 1929 at 03:40 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 12, 192906:01
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 20, 192909:42

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Wednesday, August 14, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 5, 1929 to the new moon of September 3, 1929, a cycle of 29.34 days.