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The Moon on Friday, March 31, 1916: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on March 31, 1916Waning Crescent

Friday 31 March 1916376,485 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 31, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
376,485 km233,937 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 1916 is on Sunday, March 19, 1916 at 17:26 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 2, 1916 at 16:21 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, March 26, 191616:22
New Moon (after)Sunday, April 2, 191616:21

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Friday, March 31, 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.