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The Moon on Friday, March 6, 1931: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 93.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on March 6, 1931Waning Gibbous

Friday 6 March 1931360,734 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 6, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.7% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
360,734 km224,150 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1931 is on Wednesday, March 4, 1931 at 10:36 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 19, 1931 at 07:51 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, March 4, 193110:36
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 11, 193105:15

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Friday, March 6, 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.