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The Moon on Thursday, December 12, 1929: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 80.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on December 12, 1929Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 12 December 1929378,151 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 12, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.0% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
378,151 km234,972 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1929 is on Monday, December 16, 1929 at 11:38 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 1, 1929 at 04:48 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 9, 192909:42
Full Moon (after)Monday, December 16, 192911:38

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Thursday, December 12, 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.