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The Moon on Friday, November 6, 1931: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on November 6, 1931Waning Crescent

Friday 6 November 1931363,533 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 6, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.6% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
363,533 km225,889 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 6, 1931 is on Monday, October 26, 1931 at 13:34 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 9, 1931 at 22:55 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around November 6

More about this date

Friday, November 6, 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.