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The Moon on Friday, October 9, 1931: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on October 9, 1931Waning Crescent

Friday 9 October 1931359,989 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 9, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.3% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
359,989 km223,687 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, October 4, 193120:15
New Moon (after)Sunday, October 11, 193113:06

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Friday, October 9, 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.