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The Moon on Friday, March 17, 1916: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 29°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on March 17, 1916Waxing Gibbous

Friday 17 March 1916392,382 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 17, 1916, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.7% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
392,382 km243,815 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (30°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1916 is on Sunday, March 19, 1916 at 17:26 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 4, 1916 at 03:57 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Friday, March 17, 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.