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The Moon on Monday, October 28, 1929: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on October 28, 1929Waning Crescent

Monday 28 October 1929376,932 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 28, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.5% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
376,932 km234,215 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1929 is on Friday, October 18, 1929 at 12:06 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 1, 1929 at 12:01 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Monday, October 28, 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.