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The Moon on Tuesday, November 17, 1931: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 54.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

First Quarter at

02:14UTC

Moon phase on November 17, 1931First Quarter

Tuesday 17 November 1931399,371 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 17, 1931, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.1% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
399,371 km248,158 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 1931 is on Wednesday, November 25, 1931 at 07:10 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 9, 1931 at 22:55 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, November 9, 193122:55
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, November 17, 193102:14
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, November 25, 193107:10

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Tuesday, November 17, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 9, 1931 to the new moon of December 9, 1931, a cycle of 29.47 days.