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The Moon on Thursday, August 6, 1931: Last Quarter, 52% lit

Waning · 51.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

Last Quarter at

16:28UTC

Moon phase on August 6, 1931Last Quarter

Thursday 6 August 1931399,243 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 6, 1931, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 51.9% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

51.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
399,243 km248,078 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (11°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 1931 is on Wednesday, July 29, 1931 at 12:48 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 13, 1931 at 20:27 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, July 29, 193112:48
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, August 6, 193116:28
New Moon (after)Thursday, August 13, 193120:27

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Thursday, August 6, 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.