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The Moon on Saturday, August 15, 1931: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on August 15, 1931Waxing Crescent

Saturday 15 August 1931360,780 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 15, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
360,780 km224,178 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1931 is on Friday, August 28, 1931 at 03:10 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 13, 1931 at 20:27 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, August 13, 193120:27
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 20, 193111:36

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Saturday, August 15, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 13, 1931 to the new moon of September 12, 1931, a cycle of 29.33 days.