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The Moon on Wednesday, March 17, 1909: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on March 17, 1909Waning Crescent

Wednesday 17 March 1909370,290 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 17, 1909, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.5% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
370,290 km230,087 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1909 is on Sunday, March 7, 1909 at 02:56 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 21, 1909 at 20:11 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, March 15, 190903:41
New Moon (after)Sunday, March 21, 190920:11

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Wednesday, March 17, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 20, 1909 to the new moon of March 21, 1909, a cycle of 29.39 days.