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The Moon on Sunday, August 9, 1931: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 23.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on August 9, 1931Waning Crescent

Sunday 9 August 1931384,199 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 9, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.1% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
384,199 km238,730 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1931 is on Wednesday, July 29, 1931 at 12:48 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 13, 1931 at 20:27 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 6, 193116:28
New Moon (after)Thursday, August 13, 193120:27

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Sunday, August 9, 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.