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The Moon on Sunday, March 12, 1916: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 57.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on March 12, 1916Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 12 March 1916404,302 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 12, 1916, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.0% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
404,302 km251,221 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1916 is on Sunday, March 19, 1916 at 17:26 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 4, 1916 at 03:57 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, March 11, 191618:33
Full Moon (after)Sunday, March 19, 191617:26

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Sunday, March 12, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 4, 1916 to the new moon of April 2, 1916, a cycle of 29.52 days.