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The Moon on Thursday, March 21, 1912: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on March 21, 1912Waxing Crescent

Thursday 21 March 1912382,258 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 21, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.2% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
382,258 km237,524 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 1912 is on Monday, April 1, 1912 at 22:04 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 18, 1912 at 22:09 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Thursday, March 21, 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.