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The Moon on Thursday, November 5, 1931: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 26.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on November 5, 1931Waning Crescent

Thursday 5 November 1931367,248 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 5, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.3% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
367,248 km228,197 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 5, 1931 is on Monday, October 26, 1931 at 13:34 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 9, 1931 at 22:55 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, November 3, 193107:18
New Moon (after)Monday, November 9, 193122:55

The Moon around November 5

More about this date

Thursday, November 5, 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.