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The Moon on Sunday, March 16, 1902: First Quarter, 45% lit

Waxing · 45.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

First Quarter at

22:13UTC

Moon phase on March 16, 1902First Quarter

Sunday 16 March 1902370,278 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 16, 1902, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.3% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
370,278 km230,080 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1902 is on Monday, March 24, 1902 at 03:21 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 10, 1902 at 02:50 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 10, 190202:50
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, March 16, 190222:13
Full Moon (after)Monday, March 24, 190203:21

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Sunday, March 16, 1902 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 10, 1902 to the new moon of April 8, 1902, a cycle of 29.46 days.