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The Moon on Tuesday, July 21, 1931: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 41.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on July 21, 1931Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 21 July 1931369,792 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 21, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.9% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
369,792 km229,778 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 1931 is on Wednesday, July 29, 1931 at 12:48 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 15, 1931 at 12:20 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Tuesday, July 21, 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.