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The Moon on Wednesday, October 28, 1931: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on October 28, 1931Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 28 October 1931400,127 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 28, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.5% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
400,127 km248,627 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (26°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1931 is on Monday, October 26, 1931 at 13:34 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 9, 1931 at 22:55 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, October 26, 193113:34
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, November 3, 193107:18

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Wednesday, October 28, 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.