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The Moon on Thursday, June 18, 1931: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on June 18, 1931Waxing Crescent

Thursday 18 June 1931373,565 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 18, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.1% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
373,565 km232,122 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 1931 is on Tuesday, June 30, 1931 at 00:47 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 16, 1931 at 03:02 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, June 16, 193103:02
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 23, 193100:23

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Thursday, June 18, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 16, 1931 to the new moon of July 15, 1931, a cycle of 29.39 days.