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The Moon on Friday, April 24, 1931: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 38.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on April 24, 1931Waxing Crescent

Friday 24 April 1931378,372 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 24, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.4% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
378,372 km235,109 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1931 is on Saturday, May 2, 1931 at 05:14 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 18, 1931 at 01:00 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Friday, April 24, 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.