Skip to content
The Moon on Thursday, March 26, 1931: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 42.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

7.2days

Moon phase on March 26, 1931Waxing Crescent

Thursday 26 March 1931383,544 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 26, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.5% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
383,544 km238,323 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1931 is on Thursday, April 2, 1931 at 20:05 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 19, 1931 at 07:51 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Thursday, March 26, 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.