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The Moon on Thursday, March 8, 1900: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 52.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

First Quarter at

05:34UTC

Moon phase on March 8, 1900First Quarter

Thursday 8 March 1900388,569 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 8, 1900, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.9% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
388,569 km241,446 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1900 is on Friday, March 16, 1900 at 08:12 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 1, 1900 at 11:25 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 1, 190011:25
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, March 8, 190005:34
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 16, 190008:12

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Thursday, March 8, 1900 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 1, 1900 to the new moon of March 30, 1900, a cycle of 29.38 days.