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The Moon on Sunday, July 12, 1931: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 11.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on July 12, 1931Waning Crescent

Sunday 12 July 1931385,136 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 12, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.0% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
385,136 km239,313 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 1931 is on Tuesday, June 30, 1931 at 00:47 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 15, 1931 at 12:20 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Sunday, July 12, 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.