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The Moon on Friday, October 23, 1931: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on October 23, 1931Waxing Gibbous

Friday 23 October 1931405,812 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 23, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.9% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
405,812 km252,160 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1931 is on Monday, October 26, 1931 at 13:34 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 11, 1931 at 13:06 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Friday, October 23, 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.