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The Moon on Saturday, January 24, 1931: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 26.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 05°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on January 24, 1931Waxing Crescent

Saturday 24 January 1931403,914 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 24, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.9% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
403,914 km250,980 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1931 is on Tuesday, February 3, 1931 at 00:26 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 18, 1931 at 18:36 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Saturday, January 24, 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.