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The Moon on Thursday, March 16, 1911: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

15.5days

Moon phase on March 16, 1911Waning Gibbous

Thursday 16 March 1911392,003 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 16, 1911, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 15.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.5 dMoon age
392,003 km243,579 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1911 is on Tuesday, March 14, 1911 at 23:58 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 30, 1911 at 12:38 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, March 14, 191123:58
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, March 23, 191100:26

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Thursday, March 16, 1911 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 1, 1911 to the new moon of March 30, 1911, a cycle of 29.50 days.