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The Moon on Saturday, April 18, 1931: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

New Moon at

01:00UTC

Moon phase on April 18, 1931New Moon

Saturday 18 April 1931399,499 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 18, 1931, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 0.5 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
0.5 dMoon age
399,499 km248,237 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1931 is on Saturday, May 2, 1931 at 05:14 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 18, 1931 at 01:00 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, April 9, 193120:15
New Moon (this day)Saturday, April 18, 193101:00
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 25, 193113:40

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Saturday, April 18, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 1931 to the new moon of May 17, 1931, a cycle of 29.60 days.