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The Moon on Saturday, October 17, 1931: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 41.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on October 17, 1931Waxing Crescent

Saturday 17 October 1931385,277 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 17, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.0% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
385,277 km239,400 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1931 is on Monday, October 26, 1931 at 13:34 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 11, 1931 at 13:06 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, October 11, 193113:06
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 18, 193109:20

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Saturday, October 17, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 11, 1931 to the new moon of November 9, 1931, a cycle of 29.41 days.