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The Moon on Thursday, May 14, 1931: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on May 14, 1931Waning Crescent

Thursday 14 May 1931401,674 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 14, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.5% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
401,674 km249,588 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1931 is on Saturday, May 2, 1931 at 05:14 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 17, 1931 at 15:28 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 9, 193112:48
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 17, 193115:28

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Thursday, May 14, 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.