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The Moon on Tuesday, July 31, 1928: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on July 31, 1928Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 31 July 1928392,786 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 31, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
392,786 km244,066 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 1928 is on Wednesday, August 1, 1928 at 15:31 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 17, 1928 at 04:35 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 24, 192814:38
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 1, 192815:31

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Tuesday, July 31, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 17, 1928 to the new moon of August 15, 1928, a cycle of 29.38 days.