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The Moon on Sunday, July 31, 1927: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

2.8days

Moon phase on July 31, 1927Waxing Crescent

Sunday 31 July 1927399,056 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 31, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.9% of its visible face lit, 2.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.8 dMoon age
399,056 km247,962 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 1927 is on Saturday, August 13, 1927 at 04:37 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 28, 1927 at 17:36 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 28, 192717:36
First Quarter (after)Friday, August 5, 192718:05

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Sunday, July 31, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 28, 1927 to the new moon of August 27, 1927, a cycle of 29.55 days.