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The Moon on Saturday, March 16, 1912: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on March 16, 1912Waning Crescent

Saturday 16 March 1912399,441 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 16, 1912, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.9% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
399,441 km248,201 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1912 is on Sunday, March 3, 1912 at 10:42 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 18, 1912 at 22:09 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, March 10, 191219:55
New Moon (after)Monday, March 18, 191222:09

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Saturday, March 16, 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.