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The Moon on Saturday, February 21, 1931: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on February 21, 1931Waxing Crescent

Saturday 21 February 1931403,936 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 21, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.3% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
403,936 km250,994 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (15°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 1931 is on Wednesday, March 4, 1931 at 10:36 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 17, 1931 at 13:11 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 17, 193113:11
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 25, 193116:42

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Saturday, February 21, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 17, 1931 to the new moon of March 19, 1931, a cycle of 29.78 days.