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The Moon on Sunday, August 23, 1931: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 80.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on August 23, 1931Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 23 August 1931389,473 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 23, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.1% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
389,473 km242,007 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1931 is on Friday, August 28, 1931 at 03:10 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 13, 1931 at 20:27 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Sunday, August 23, 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.