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The Moon on Sunday, March 15, 1931: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on March 15, 1931Waning Crescent

Sunday 15 March 1931404,225 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 15, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.7% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
404,225 km251,174 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1931 is on Wednesday, March 4, 1931 at 10:36 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 19, 1931 at 07:51 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Sunday, March 15, 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.