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The Moon on Friday, August 23, 1929: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on August 23, 1929Waning Gibbous

Friday 23 August 1929388,092 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 23, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.3% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
388,092 km241,149 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1929 is on Tuesday, August 20, 1929 at 09:42 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 3, 1929 at 11:47 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Friday, August 23, 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.