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The Moon on Saturday, October 26, 1929: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 37.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on October 26, 1929Waning Crescent

Saturday 26 October 1929372,447 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 26, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.1% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
372,447 km231,428 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1929 is on Friday, October 18, 1929 at 12:06 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 1, 1929 at 12:01 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, October 25, 192908:21
New Moon (after)Friday, November 1, 192912:01

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Saturday, October 26, 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.