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The Moon on Sunday, March 17, 1912: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on March 17, 1912Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 March 1912396,219 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 17, 1912, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
396,219 km246,199 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (10°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1912 is on Sunday, March 3, 1912 at 10:42 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 18, 1912 at 22:09 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Sunday, March 17, 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.