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The Moon on Wednesday, March 1, 1916: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on March 1, 1916Waning Crescent

Wednesday 1 March 1916366,843 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 1, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.3% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
366,843 km227,945 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1916 is on Saturday, February 19, 1916 at 02:28 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 4, 1916 at 03:57 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 26, 191609:24
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 4, 191603:57

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Wednesday, March 1, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 3, 1916 to the new moon of March 4, 1916, a cycle of 29.49 days.