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The Moon on Thursday, August 15, 1929: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on August 15, 1929Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 15 August 1929405,101 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 15, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.2% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
405,101 km251,718 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (28°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1929 is on Tuesday, August 20, 1929 at 09:42 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 5, 1929 at 03:40 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Thursday, August 15, 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.