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The Moon on Wednesday, October 29, 1930: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 51.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

First Quarter at

09:22UTC

Moon phase on October 29, 1930First Quarter

Wednesday 29 October 1930402,910 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 29, 1930, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.2% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

51.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
402,910 km250,357 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 1930 is on Thursday, November 6, 1930 at 10:28 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 21, 1930 at 21:48 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 21, 193021:48
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, October 29, 193009:22
Full Moon (after)Thursday, November 6, 193010:28

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Wednesday, October 29, 1930 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 21, 1930 to the new moon of November 20, 1930, a cycle of 29.52 days.