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The Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 1906: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on March 21, 1906Waning Crescent

Wednesday 21 March 1906387,867 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 21, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.0% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
387,867 km241,010 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 1906 is on Saturday, March 10, 1906 at 20:17 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 24, 1906 at 23:52 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Wednesday, March 21, 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.