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The Moon on Tuesday, February 24, 1931: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 38.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

7.0days

Moon phase on February 24, 1931Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 24 February 1931393,574 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 24, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.1% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
393,574 km244,556 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1931 is on Wednesday, March 4, 1931 at 10:36 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 17, 1931 at 13:11 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Tuesday, February 24, 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.