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The Moon on Saturday, March 17, 1906: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Last Quarter at

11:57UTC

Moon phase on March 17, 1906Last Quarter

Saturday 17 March 1906373,134 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 17, 1906, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.1% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
373,134 km231,855 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1906 is on Saturday, March 10, 1906 at 20:17 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 24, 1906 at 23:52 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, March 10, 190620:17
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, March 17, 190611:57
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 24, 190623:52

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Saturday, March 17, 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.