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The Moon on Thursday, December 5, 1929: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on December 5, 1929Waxing Crescent

Thursday 5 December 1929405,866 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 5, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.2% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
405,866 km252,194 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (0°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 1929 is on Monday, December 16, 1929 at 11:38 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 1, 1929 at 04:48 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 1, 192904:48
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 9, 192909:42

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Thursday, December 5, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 1, 1929 to the new moon of December 30, 1929, a cycle of 29.79 days.