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The Moon on Tuesday, January 20, 1931: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 18°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on January 20, 1931Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 20 January 1931404,064 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 20, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
404,064 km251,073 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1931 is on Tuesday, February 3, 1931 at 00:26 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 18, 1931 at 18:36 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 18, 193118:36
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 27, 193100:06

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Tuesday, January 20, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 18, 1931 to the new moon of February 17, 1931, a cycle of 29.77 days.