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The Moon on Monday, August 31, 1931: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on August 31, 1931Waning Gibbous

Monday 31 August 1931405,786 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 31, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.2% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
405,786 km252,144 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 1931 is on Friday, August 28, 1931 at 03:10 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 12, 1931 at 04:26 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, August 28, 193103:10
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, September 5, 193107:21

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Monday, August 31, 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.