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The Moon on Sunday, April 26, 1931: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 60.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on April 26, 1931Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 26 April 1931370,435 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 26, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.6% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
370,435 km230,178 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1931 is on Saturday, May 2, 1931 at 05:14 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 18, 1931 at 01:00 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 25, 193113:40
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 2, 193105:14

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Sunday, April 26, 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.