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The Moon on Sunday, March 8, 1931: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on March 8, 1931Waning Gibbous

Sunday 8 March 1931370,855 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 8, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.0% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
370,855 km230,438 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1931 is on Wednesday, March 4, 1931 at 10:36 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 19, 1931 at 07:51 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Sunday, March 8, 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.