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The Moon on Monday, March 23, 1931: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 17°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on March 23, 1931Waxing Crescent

Monday 23 March 1931396,755 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 23, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.4% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
396,755 km246,532 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1931 is on Thursday, April 2, 1931 at 20:05 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 19, 1931 at 07:51 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Monday, March 23, 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.