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The Moon on Thursday, March 12, 1931: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 37.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on March 12, 1931Waning Crescent

Thursday 12 March 1931394,145 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 12, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.2% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
394,145 km244,910 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1931 is on Wednesday, March 4, 1931 at 10:36 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 19, 1931 at 07:51 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 11, 193105:15
New Moon (after)Thursday, March 19, 193107:51

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Thursday, March 12, 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.