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The Moon on Thursday, January 15, 1931: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on January 15, 1931Waning Crescent

Thursday 15 January 1931390,607 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 15, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.6% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
390,607 km242,712 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1931 is on Sunday, January 4, 1931 at 13:15 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 18, 1931 at 18:36 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Thursday, January 15, 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.