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The Moon on Saturday, August 22, 1931: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on August 22, 1931Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 22 August 1931385,325 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 22, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.2% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
385,325 km239,430 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (23°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 1931 is on Friday, August 28, 1931 at 03:10 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 13, 1931 at 20:27 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 20, 193111:36
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 28, 193103:10

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Saturday, August 22, 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.