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The Moon on Wednesday, July 15, 1931: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

New Moon at

12:20UTC

Moon phase on July 15, 1931New Moon

Wednesday 15 July 1931371,039 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 15, 1931, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.4 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.4 dMoon age
371,039 km230,553 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1931 is on Wednesday, July 29, 1931 at 12:48 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 15, 1931 at 12:20 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 7, 193123:52
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, July 15, 193112:20
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 22, 193105:16

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Wednesday, July 15, 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.