Skip to content
The Moon on Sunday, March 17, 1901: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on March 17, 1901Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 March 1901371,371 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 17, 1901, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.9% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
371,371 km230,759 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1901 is on Tuesday, March 5, 1901 at 08:04 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 20, 1901 at 12:53 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 13, 190113:06
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 20, 190112:53

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Sunday, March 17, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 19, 1901 to the new moon of March 20, 1901, a cycle of 29.42 days.