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The Moon on Saturday, December 28, 1929: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 09°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on December 28, 1929Waning Crescent

Saturday 28 December 1929401,142 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 28, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.6% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
401,142 km249,258 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 1929 is on Monday, December 16, 1929 at 11:38 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 30, 1929 at 23:42 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, December 23, 192902:27
New Moon (after)Monday, December 30, 192923:42

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Saturday, December 28, 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.