Skip to content
The Moon on Monday, January 12, 1931: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 36.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on January 12, 1931Waning Crescent

Monday 12 January 1931379,319 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 12, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.2% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
379,319 km235,698 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (7°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1931 is on Sunday, January 4, 1931 at 13:15 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 18, 1931 at 18:36 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, January 11, 193105:09
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 18, 193118:36

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Monday, January 12, 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.