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The Moon on Wednesday, March 15, 1916: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 82.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on March 15, 1916Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 15 March 1916399,776 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 15, 1916, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.6% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
399,776 km248,409 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1916 is on Sunday, March 19, 1916 at 17:26 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 4, 1916 at 03:57 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Wednesday, March 15, 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.