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The Moon on Friday, October 2, 1931: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 73.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on October 2, 1931Waning Gibbous

Friday 2 October 1931395,808 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 2, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.2% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
395,808 km245,944 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 1931 is on Saturday, September 26, 1931 at 19:45 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 11, 1931 at 13:06 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Friday, October 2, 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.