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The Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 1908: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

14.7days

Moon phase on March 17, 1908Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 17 March 1908399,386 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 17, 1908, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
399,386 km248,167 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1908 is on Wednesday, March 18, 1908 at 02:28 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 2, 1908 at 18:57 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Tuesday, March 17, 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.