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The Moon on Tuesday, August 29, 1939: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Full Moon at

22:09UTC

Moon phase on August 29, 1939Full Moon

Tuesday 29 August 1939406,301 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 29, 1939, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
406,301 km252,464 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Sturgeon Moon, 406,132 km from Earth. Micromoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1939 is on Tuesday, August 29, 1939 at 22:09 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 15, 1939 at 03:53 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 21, 193921:21
Full Moon (this day)Tuesday, August 29, 193922:09
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, September 6, 193920:25

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Tuesday, August 29, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 15, 1939 to the new moon of September 13, 1939, a cycle of 29.31 days.