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The Moon on Saturday, March 3, 1906: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 51.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

First Quarter at

09:28UTC

Moon phase on March 3, 1906First Quarter

Saturday 3 March 1906401,988 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 3, 1906, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.1% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

51.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
401,988 km249,784 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 3, 1906 is on Saturday, March 10, 1906 at 20:17 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 23, 1906 at 07:57 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 23, 190607:57
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, March 3, 190609:28
Full Moon (after)Saturday, March 10, 190620:17

The Moon around March 3

More about this date

Saturday, March 3, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 23, 1906 to the new moon of March 24, 1906, a cycle of 29.66 days.