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The Moon on Friday, March 3, 1916: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on March 3, 1916Waning Crescent

Friday 3 March 1916370,557 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 3, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
370,557 km230,253 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 3, 1916 is on Saturday, February 19, 1916 at 02:28 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 4, 1916 at 03:57 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 3

More about this date

Friday, March 3, 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.