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The Moon on Thursday, March 2, 1916: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

27.8days

Moon phase on March 2, 1916Waning Crescent

Thursday 2 March 1916368,114 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 2, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.7% of its visible face lit, 27.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.8 dMoon age
368,114 km228,736 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 2, 1916 is on Saturday, February 19, 1916 at 02:28 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 4, 1916 at 03:57 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around March 2

More about this date

Thursday, March 2, 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.