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The Moon on Thursday, October 1, 1931: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on October 1, 1931Waning Gibbous

Thursday 1 October 1931399,481 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 1, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.4% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
399,481 km248,226 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 1931 is on Saturday, September 26, 1931 at 19:45 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 11, 1931 at 13:06 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, September 26, 193119:45
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, October 4, 193120:15

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Thursday, October 1, 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.