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The Moon on Friday, January 31, 1930: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on January 31, 1930Waxing Crescent

Friday 31 January 1930404,106 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 31, 1930, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
404,106 km251,100 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (30°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1930 is on Thursday, February 13, 1930 at 08:39 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 29, 1930 at 19:07 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 29, 193019:07
First Quarter (after)Thursday, February 6, 193017:26

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Friday, January 31, 1930 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 29, 1930 to the new moon of February 28, 1930, a cycle of 29.77 days.