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The Moon on Tuesday, February 17, 1931: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

New Moon at

13:11UTC

Moon phase on February 17, 1931New Moon

Tuesday 17 February 1931405,827 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 17, 1931, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.7 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.7 dMoon age
405,827 km252,169 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1931 is on Tuesday, February 3, 1931 at 00:26 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 17, 1931 at 13:11 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, February 9, 193116:10
New Moon (this day)Tuesday, February 17, 193113:11
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 25, 193116:42

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Tuesday, February 17, 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.