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The Moon on Saturday, August 29, 1942: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on August 29, 1942Waning Gibbous

Saturday 29 August 1942385,910 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 29, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.9% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
385,910 km239,793 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1942 is on Wednesday, August 26, 1942 at 03:46 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 10, 1942 at 15:53 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, August 26, 194203:46
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, September 2, 194215:42

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Saturday, August 29, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 12, 1942 to the new moon of September 10, 1942, a cycle of 29.56 days.