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The Moon on Thursday, January 1, 1931: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on January 1, 1931Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 1 January 1931380,307 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 1, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.4% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
380,307 km236,312 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (0°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 1, 1931 is on Sunday, January 4, 1931 at 13:15 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 20, 1930 at 01:24 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, December 28, 193003:59
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 4, 193113:15

The Moon around January 1

More about this date

Thursday, January 1, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 20, 1930 to the new moon of January 18, 1931, a cycle of 29.72 days.