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The Moon on Friday, January 23, 1931: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on January 23, 1931Waxing Crescent

Friday 23 January 1931405,420 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 23, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.1% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
405,420 km251,916 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1931 is on Tuesday, February 3, 1931 at 00:26 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 18, 1931 at 18:36 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Friday, January 23, 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.