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The Moon on Friday, May 29, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on May 29, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Friday 29 May 1942358,479 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 29, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
358,479 km222,748 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1942 is on Saturday, May 30, 1942 at 05:29 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 15, 1942 at 05:45 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 23, 194209:11
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 30, 194205:29

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Friday, May 29, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 1942 to the new moon of June 13, 1942, a cycle of 29.64 days.