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The Moon on Thursday, August 31, 1911: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

First Quarter at

16:21UTC

Moon phase on August 31, 1911First Quarter

Thursday 31 August 1911402,347 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 31, 1911, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.4% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
402,347 km250,007 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 1911 is on Friday, September 8, 1911 at 15:56 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 24, 1911 at 04:14 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, August 24, 191104:14
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, August 31, 191116:21
Full Moon (after)Friday, September 8, 191115:56

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Thursday, August 31, 1911 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 24, 1911 to the new moon of September 22, 1911, a cycle of 29.43 days.