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The Moon on Monday, December 7, 1931: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on December 7, 1931Waning Crescent

Monday 7 December 1931365,322 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 7, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
365,322 km227,000 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 7, 1931 is on Wednesday, November 25, 1931 at 07:10 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 9, 1931 at 10:16 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around December 7

More about this date

Monday, December 7, 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.