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The Moon on Friday, March 17, 1905: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on March 17, 1905Waxing Gibbous

Friday 17 March 1905370,481 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 17, 1905, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.4% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
370,481 km230,206 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1905 is on Tuesday, March 21, 1905 at 04:55 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 6, 1905 at 05:19 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Friday, March 17, 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.