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The Moon on Saturday, April 29, 1939: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 79.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on April 29, 1939Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 29 April 1939369,606 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 29, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.6% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
369,606 km229,663 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1939 is on Wednesday, May 3, 1939 at 15:15 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 19, 1939 at 16:35 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 26, 193918:25
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 3, 193915:15

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Saturday, April 29, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 19, 1939 to the new moon of May 19, 1939, a cycle of 29.49 days.