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The Moon on Saturday, August 29, 1931: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on August 29, 1931Waning Gibbous

Saturday 29 August 1931405,186 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 29, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
405,186 km251,771 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1931 is on Friday, August 28, 1931 at 03:10 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 12, 1931 at 04:26 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, August 28, 193103:10
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, September 5, 193107:21

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Saturday, August 29, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 13, 1931 to the new moon of September 12, 1931, a cycle of 29.33 days.