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The Moon on Thursday, July 16, 1931: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on July 16, 1931Waxing Crescent

Thursday 16 July 1931367,992 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 16, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
367,992 km228,660 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1931 is on Wednesday, July 29, 1931 at 12:48 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 15, 1931 at 12:20 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, July 15, 193112:20
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 22, 193105:16

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Thursday, July 16, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 15, 1931 to the new moon of August 13, 1931, a cycle of 29.34 days.