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The Moon on Sunday, April 5, 1931: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

17.2days

Moon phase on April 5, 1931Waning Gibbous

Sunday 5 April 1931369,390 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 5, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.2% of its visible face lit, 17.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.2 dMoon age
369,390 km229,528 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1931 is on Thursday, April 2, 1931 at 20:05 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 18, 1931 at 01:00 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 2, 193120:05
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, April 9, 193120:15

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Sunday, April 5, 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.