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The Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 1931: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 70.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on October 20, 1931Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 20 October 1931399,874 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 20, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.5% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
399,874 km248,470 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1931 is on Monday, October 26, 1931 at 13:34 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 11, 1931 at 13:06 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Tuesday, October 20, 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.