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The Moon on Thursday, October 24, 1929: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 59.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

21.6days

Moon phase on October 24, 1929Waning Gibbous

Thursday 24 October 1929369,473 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 24, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.8% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
369,473 km229,580 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 1929 is on Friday, October 18, 1929 at 12:06 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 1, 1929 at 12:01 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Thursday, October 24, 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.