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The Moon on Friday, December 20, 1929: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 77.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on December 20, 1929Waning Gibbous

Friday 20 December 1929365,837 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 20, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.8% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
365,837 km227,321 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1929 is on Monday, December 16, 1929 at 11:38 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 30, 1929 at 23:42 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Friday, December 20, 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.