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The Moon on Saturday, August 31, 1935: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on August 31, 1935Waxing Crescent

Saturday 31 August 1935405,866 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 31, 1935, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.5% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
405,866 km252,193 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 1935 is on Thursday, September 12, 1935 at 20:18 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 29, 1935 at 01:00 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, August 29, 193501:00
First Quarter (after)Friday, September 6, 193502:26

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Saturday, August 31, 1935 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 29, 1935 to the new moon of September 27, 1935, a cycle of 29.69 days.