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The Moon on Thursday, March 23, 1916: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 83.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on March 23, 1916Waning Gibbous

Thursday 23 March 1916372,445 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 23, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.3% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
372,445 km231,426 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1916 is on Sunday, March 19, 1916 at 17:26 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 2, 1916 at 16:21 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Thursday, March 23, 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.