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The Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 1931: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

Moon age

29.0days

Moon phase on March 18, 1931Waning Crescent

Wednesday 18 March 1931406,410 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 18, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
406,410 km252,531 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (18°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1931 is on Wednesday, March 4, 1931 at 10:36 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 19, 1931 at 07:51 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Wednesday, March 18, 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.