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The Moon on Sunday, October 29, 1939: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on October 29, 1939Waning Gibbous

Sunday 29 October 1939389,239 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 29, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
389,239 km241,862 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 1939 is on Saturday, October 28, 1939 at 06:42 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 11, 1939 at 07:54 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, October 28, 193906:42
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, November 4, 193913:12

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Sunday, October 29, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 12, 1939 to the new moon of November 11, 1939, a cycle of 29.48 days.