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The Moon on Wednesday, April 22, 1931: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on April 22, 1931Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 22 April 1931386,334 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 22, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.2% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
386,334 km240,057 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1931 is on Saturday, May 2, 1931 at 05:14 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 18, 1931 at 01:00 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 18, 193101:00
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 25, 193113:40

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Wednesday, April 22, 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.