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The Moon on Sunday, August 18, 1929: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on August 18, 1929Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 18 August 1929402,779 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 18, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.4% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
402,779 km250,275 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1929 is on Tuesday, August 20, 1929 at 09:42 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 5, 1929 at 03:40 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Sunday, August 18, 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.