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The Moon on Wednesday, October 2, 1929: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

New Moon at

22:19UTC

Moon phase on October 2, 1929New Moon

Wednesday 2 October 1929377,043 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 2, 1929, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
377,043 km234,283 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 1929 is on Wednesday, September 18, 1929 at 23:16 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 2, 1929 at 22:19 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, September 26, 192902:07
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, October 2, 192922:19
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 10, 192918:05

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Wednesday, October 2, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 3, 1929 to the new moon of October 2, 1929, a cycle of 29.44 days.