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The Moon on Saturday, December 5, 1931: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on December 5, 1931Waning Crescent

Saturday 5 December 1931365,884 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 5, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.1% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
365,884 km227,350 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 1931 is on Wednesday, November 25, 1931 at 07:10 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 9, 1931 at 10:16 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 2, 193116:51
New Moon (after)Wednesday, December 9, 193110:16

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Saturday, December 5, 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.