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The Moon on Wednesday, August 12, 1931: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on August 12, 1931Waning Crescent

Wednesday 12 August 1931367,598 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 12, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
367,598 km228,415 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (0°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1931 is on Wednesday, July 29, 1931 at 12:48 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 13, 1931 at 20:27 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Wednesday, August 12, 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.