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The Moon on Wednesday, July 22, 1931: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

First Quarter at

05:16UTC

Moon phase on July 22, 1931First Quarter

Wednesday 22 July 1931372,532 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 22, 1931, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.3% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
372,532 km231,481 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1931 is on Wednesday, July 29, 1931 at 12:48 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 15, 1931 at 12:20 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, July 15, 193112:20
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, July 22, 193105:16
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 29, 193112:48

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Wednesday, July 22, 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.