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The Moon on Thursday, December 17, 1931: Waxing Gibbous, 55% lit

Waxing · 55.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on December 17, 1931Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 17 December 1931403,833 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 17, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 55.3% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

55.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
403,833 km250,930 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1931 is on Thursday, December 24, 1931 at 23:24 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 9, 1931 at 10:16 UTC, 8 days earlier.

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Thursday, December 17, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 9, 1931 to the new moon of January 7, 1932, a cycle of 29.55 days.