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The Moon on Sunday, May 24, 1931: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

First Quarter at

19:39UTC

Moon phase on May 24, 1931First Quarter

Sunday 24 May 1931371,232 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 24, 1931, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.5% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
371,232 km230,673 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1931 is on Sunday, May 31, 1931 at 14:33 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 17, 1931 at 15:28 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 17, 193115:28
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, May 24, 193119:39
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 31, 193114:33

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Sunday, May 24, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 17, 1931 to the new moon of June 16, 1931, a cycle of 29.48 days.