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The Moon on Tuesday, October 15, 1929: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on October 15, 1929Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 15 October 1929390,776 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 15, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.0% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
390,776 km242,817 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1929 is on Friday, October 18, 1929 at 12:06 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 2, 1929 at 22:19 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, October 10, 192918:05
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 18, 192912:06

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Tuesday, October 15, 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.