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The Moon on Wednesday, March 7, 1917: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 00°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on March 7, 1917Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 7 March 1917404,521 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 7, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.1% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
404,521 km251,357 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (1°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 7, 1917 is on Thursday, March 8, 1917 at 21:58 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 21, 1917 at 18:09 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 28, 191716:44
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 8, 191721:58

The Moon around March 7

More about this date

Wednesday, March 7, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 21, 1917 to the new moon of March 23, 1917, a cycle of 29.41 days.