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The Moon on Thursday, March 12, 1908: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 73.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on March 12, 1908Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 12 March 1908404,690 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 12, 1908, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.9% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
404,690 km251,462 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1908 is on Wednesday, March 18, 1908 at 02:28 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 2, 1908 at 18:57 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, March 9, 190821:42
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 18, 190802:28

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Thursday, March 12, 1908 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 2, 1908 to the new moon of April 1, 1908, a cycle of 29.42 days.