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The Moon on Thursday, August 29, 1929: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 31.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on August 29, 1929Waning Crescent

Thursday 29 August 1929367,643 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 29, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.5% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
367,643 km228,443 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1929 is on Tuesday, August 20, 1929 at 09:42 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 3, 1929 at 11:47 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 27, 192920:02
New Moon (after)Tuesday, September 3, 192911:47

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Thursday, August 29, 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.