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The Moon on Thursday, April 23, 1931: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on April 23, 1931Waxing Crescent

Thursday 23 April 1931382,424 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 23, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.2% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
382,424 km237,627 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1931 is on Saturday, May 2, 1931 at 05:14 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 18, 1931 at 01:00 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Thursday, April 23, 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.