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The Moon on Sunday, March 1, 1931: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 28°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on March 1, 1931Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 1 March 1931364,711 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 1, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.4% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
364,711 km226,621 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1931 is on Wednesday, March 4, 1931 at 10:36 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 17, 1931 at 13:11 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 25, 193116:42
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 4, 193110:36

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Sunday, March 1, 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.