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The Moon on Monday, October 21, 1929: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 88.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on October 21, 1929Waning Gibbous

Monday 21 October 1929369,429 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 21, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.9% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
369,429 km229,552 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 1929 is on Friday, October 18, 1929 at 12:06 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 1, 1929 at 12:01 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, October 18, 192912:06
Last Quarter (after)Friday, October 25, 192908:21

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Monday, October 21, 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.