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The Moon on Wednesday, September 16, 1931: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on September 16, 1931Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 16 September 1931369,394 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 16, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.1% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
369,394 km229,531 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 1931 is on Saturday, September 26, 1931 at 19:45 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 12, 1931 at 04:26 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, September 12, 193104:26
First Quarter (after)Friday, September 18, 193120:37

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Wednesday, September 16, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 12, 1931 to the new moon of October 11, 1931, a cycle of 29.36 days.