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The Moon on Saturday, July 18, 1931: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on July 18, 1931Waxing Crescent

Saturday 18 July 1931365,538 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 18, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.0% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
365,538 km227,135 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1931 is on Wednesday, July 29, 1931 at 12:48 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 15, 1931 at 12:20 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Saturday, July 18, 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.