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The Moon on Thursday, July 23, 1931: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 64.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on July 23, 1931Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 23 July 1931375,597 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 23, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.3% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
375,597 km233,385 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1931 is on Wednesday, July 29, 1931 at 12:48 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 15, 1931 at 12:20 UTC, 8 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Thursday, July 23, 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.