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The Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 1912: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on March 20, 1912Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 20 March 1912385,578 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 20, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
385,578 km239,587 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1912 is on Monday, April 1, 1912 at 22:04 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 18, 1912 at 22:09 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 18, 191222:09
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 26, 191203:02

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Wednesday, March 20, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 18, 1912 to the new moon of April 17, 1912, a cycle of 29.56 days.