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The Moon on Wednesday, April 1, 1931: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on April 1, 1931Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 1 April 1931358,483 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 1, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
358,483 km222,751 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, March 27, 193105:04
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 2, 193120:05

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Wednesday, April 1, 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.