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The Moon on Wednesday, October 9, 1929: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 38.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

6.6days

Moon phase on October 9, 1929Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 9 October 1929403,466 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 9, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.4% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
403,466 km250,702 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1929 is on Friday, October 18, 1929 at 12:06 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 2, 1929 at 22:19 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 2, 192922:19
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 10, 192918:05

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Wednesday, October 9, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 2, 1929 to the new moon of November 1, 1929, a cycle of 29.57 days.