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The Moon on Thursday, August 22, 1929: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on August 22, 1929Waning Gibbous

Thursday 22 August 1929391,513 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 22, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.5% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
391,513 km243,275 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 1929 is on Tuesday, August 20, 1929 at 09:42 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 3, 1929 at 11:47 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, August 20, 192909:42
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 27, 192920:02

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Thursday, August 22, 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.