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The Moon on Friday, September 18, 1931: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

First Quarter at

20:37UTC

Moon phase on September 18, 1931First Quarter

Friday 18 September 1931380,670 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 18, 1931, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.3% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
380,670 km236,537 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 18, 1931 is on Saturday, September 26, 1931 at 19:45 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 12, 1931 at 04:26 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, September 12, 193104:26
First Quarter (this day)Friday, September 18, 193120:37
Full Moon (after)Saturday, September 26, 193119:45

The Moon around September 18

More about this date

Friday, September 18, 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.