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The Moon on Thursday, December 19, 1929: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on December 19, 1929Waning Gibbous

Thursday 19 December 1929361,923 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 19, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.8% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
361,923 km224,889 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 1929 is on Monday, December 16, 1929 at 11:38 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 30, 1929 at 23:42 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, December 16, 192911:38
Last Quarter (after)Monday, December 23, 192902:27

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Thursday, December 19, 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.