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The Moon on Wednesday, October 21, 1931: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 78.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on October 21, 1931Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 21 October 1931402,845 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 21, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.8% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
402,845 km250,316 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 1931 is on Monday, October 26, 1931 at 13:34 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 11, 1931 at 13:06 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Wednesday, October 21, 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.