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The Moon on Saturday, May 9, 1931: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Last Quarter at

12:48UTC

Moon phase on May 9, 1931Last Quarter

Saturday 9 May 1931400,843 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 9, 1931, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.5% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
400,843 km249,072 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (18°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1931 is on Saturday, May 2, 1931 at 05:14 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 17, 1931 at 15:28 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 2, 193105:14
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, May 9, 193112:48
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 17, 193115:28

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Saturday, May 9, 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.