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The Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 1931: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on March 24, 1931Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 24 March 1931392,938 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 24, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.3% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
392,938 km244,160 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (0°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1931 is on Thursday, April 2, 1931 at 20:05 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 19, 1931 at 07:51 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Tuesday, March 24, 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.