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The Moon on Monday, December 21, 1931: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on December 21, 1931Waxing Gibbous

Monday 21 December 1931399,352 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 21, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.0% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
399,352 km248,145 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 1931 is on Thursday, December 24, 1931 at 23:24 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 9, 1931 at 10:16 UTC, 12 days earlier.

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Monday, December 21, 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.