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The Moon on Sunday, April 12, 1931: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on April 12, 1931Waning Crescent

Sunday 12 April 1931404,112 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 12, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.5% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
404,112 km251,104 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1931 is on Thursday, April 2, 1931 at 20:05 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 18, 1931 at 01:00 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, April 9, 193120:15
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 18, 193101:00

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Sunday, April 12, 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.