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The Moon on Saturday, March 23, 1912: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on March 23, 1912Waxing Crescent

Saturday 23 March 1912376,424 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 23, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.2% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
376,424 km233,899 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1912 is on Monday, April 1, 1912 at 22:04 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 18, 1912 at 22:09 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Saturday, March 23, 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.