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The Moon on Wednesday, March 22, 1916: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on March 22, 1916Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 22 March 1916374,423 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 22, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.8% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
374,423 km232,656 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (7°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 1916 is on Sunday, March 19, 1916 at 17:26 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 2, 1916 at 16:21 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, March 19, 191617:26
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, March 26, 191616:22

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Wednesday, March 22, 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.