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The Moon on Sunday, December 15, 1929: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on December 15, 1929Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 15 December 1929362,125 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 15, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
362,125 km225,014 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 1929 is on Monday, December 16, 1929 at 11:38 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 1, 1929 at 04:48 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Sunday, December 15, 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.