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The Moon on Monday, August 3, 1931: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 78.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 05°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on August 3, 1931Waning Gibbous

Monday 3 August 1931405,031 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 3, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.7% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
405,031 km251,674 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 1931 is on Wednesday, July 29, 1931 at 12:48 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 13, 1931 at 20:27 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, July 29, 193112:48
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, August 6, 193116:28

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Monday, August 3, 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.