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The Moon on Sunday, August 31, 1919: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 30.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on August 31, 1919Waxing Crescent

Sunday 31 August 1919403,725 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 31, 1919, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.8% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
403,725 km250,863 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 1919 is on Wednesday, September 10, 1919 at 03:54 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 25, 1919 at 15:37 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 25, 191915:37
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 2, 191914:22

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Sunday, August 31, 1919 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 25, 1919 to the new moon of September 24, 1919, a cycle of 29.54 days.