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The Moon on Monday, February 16, 1931: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on February 16, 1931Waning Crescent

Monday 16 February 1931404,617 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 16, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
404,617 km251,417 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 1931 is on Tuesday, February 3, 1931 at 00:26 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 17, 1931 at 13:11 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, February 9, 193116:10
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 17, 193113:11

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Monday, February 16, 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.