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The Moon on Wednesday, July 8, 1931: Waning Crescent, 45% lit

Waning · 45.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

22.4days

Moon phase on July 8, 1931Waning Crescent

Wednesday 8 July 1931401,964 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 8, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 45.3% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

45.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
401,964 km249,769 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 8, 1931 is on Tuesday, June 30, 1931 at 00:47 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 15, 1931 at 12:20 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 7, 193123:52
New Moon (after)Wednesday, July 15, 193112:20

The Moon around July 8

More about this date

Wednesday, July 8, 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.