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The Moon on Friday, March 20, 1931: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on March 20, 1931Waxing Crescent

Friday 20 March 1931404,391 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 20, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
404,391 km251,277 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1931 is on Thursday, April 2, 1931 at 20:05 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 19, 1931 at 07:51 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 19, 193107:51
First Quarter (after)Friday, March 27, 193105:04

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Friday, March 20, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 19, 1931 to the new moon of April 18, 1931, a cycle of 29.71 days.