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The Moon on Saturday, March 21, 1931: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 23°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on March 21, 1931Waxing Crescent

Saturday 21 March 1931402,467 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 21, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
402,467 km250,081 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (24°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 1931 is on Thursday, April 2, 1931 at 20:05 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 19, 1931 at 07:51 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Saturday, March 21, 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.