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The Moon on Thursday, December 31, 1931: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 56.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Moon age

22.1days

Moon phase on December 31, 1931Waning Gibbous

Thursday 31 December 1931370,912 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 31, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.5% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
370,912 km230,474 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 1931 is on Thursday, December 24, 1931 at 23:24 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 7, 1932 at 23:29 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 24, 193123:24
Last Quarter (after)Friday, January 1, 193201:23

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Thursday, December 31, 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.