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The Moon on Sunday, October 18, 1931: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 51.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

First Quarter at

09:20UTC

Moon phase on October 18, 1931First Quarter

Sunday 18 October 1931390,959 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 18, 1931, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.3% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

51.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
390,959 km242,930 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (25°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1931 is on Monday, October 26, 1931 at 13:34 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 11, 1931 at 13:06 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, October 11, 193113:06
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, October 18, 193109:20
Full Moon (after)Monday, October 26, 193113:34

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Sunday, October 18, 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.