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The Moon on Wednesday, March 17, 1915: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on March 17, 1915Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 17 March 1915399,249 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 17, 1915, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
399,249 km248,082 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (15°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1915 is on Wednesday, March 31, 1915 at 05:37 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 15, 1915 at 19:42 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 15, 191519:42
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 23, 191522:48

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Wednesday, March 17, 1915 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 15, 1915 to the new moon of April 14, 1915, a cycle of 29.66 days.