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The Moon on Friday, March 8, 1912: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on March 8, 1912Waning Gibbous

Friday 8 March 1912391,606 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 8, 1912, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.2% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
391,606 km243,332 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1912 is on Sunday, March 3, 1912 at 10:42 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 18, 1912 at 22:09 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Friday, March 8, 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.