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The Moon on Saturday, December 21, 1929: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 67.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on December 21, 1929Waning Gibbous

Saturday 21 December 1929370,643 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 21, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 67.5% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

67.5%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
370,643 km230,307 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 1929 is on Monday, December 16, 1929 at 11:38 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 30, 1929 at 23:42 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Saturday, December 21, 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.