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The Moon on Wednesday, March 6, 1912: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on March 6, 1912Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 6 March 1912380,290 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 6, 1912, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.5% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
380,290 km236,301 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1912 is on Sunday, March 3, 1912 at 10:42 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 18, 1912 at 22:09 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, March 3, 191210:42
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, March 10, 191219:55

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Wednesday, March 6, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 1912 to the new moon of March 18, 1912, a cycle of 29.68 days.