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The Moon on Thursday, March 16, 1905: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 71.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on March 16, 1905Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 16 March 1905376,637 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 16, 1905, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.9% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
376,637 km234,031 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1905 is on Tuesday, March 21, 1905 at 04:55 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 6, 1905 at 05:19 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 14, 190508:59
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 21, 190504:55

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Thursday, March 16, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 6, 1905 to the new moon of April 4, 1905, a cycle of 29.75 days.