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The Moon on Tuesday, August 29, 1944: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 75.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on August 29, 1944Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 29 August 1944375,492 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 29, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.6% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
375,492 km233,320 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (7°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1944 is on Saturday, September 2, 1944 at 20:21 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 18, 1944 at 20:25 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 26, 194423:39
Full Moon (after)Saturday, September 2, 194420:21

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Tuesday, August 29, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 18, 1944 to the new moon of September 17, 1944, a cycle of 29.68 days.