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The Moon on Friday, March 16, 1906: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 61.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on March 16, 1906Waning Gibbous

Friday 16 March 1906369,712 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 16, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.4% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
369,712 km229,728 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (12°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1906 is on Saturday, March 10, 1906 at 20:17 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 24, 1906 at 23:52 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, March 10, 190620:17
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, March 17, 190611:57

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Friday, March 16, 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.