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The Moon on Saturday, September 5, 1931: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 48.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Last Quarter at

07:21UTC

Moon phase on September 5, 1931Last Quarter

Saturday 5 September 1931390,702 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 5, 1931, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.2% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
390,702 km242,771 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 1931 is on Friday, August 28, 1931 at 03:10 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 12, 1931 at 04:26 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, August 28, 193103:10
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, September 5, 193107:21
New Moon (after)Saturday, September 12, 193104:26

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Saturday, September 5, 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.