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The Moon on Monday, March 16, 1931: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on March 16, 1931Waning Crescent

Monday 16 March 1931405,744 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 16, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.1% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
405,744 km252,117 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1931 is on Wednesday, March 4, 1931 at 10:36 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 19, 1931 at 07:51 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Monday, March 16, 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.