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The Moon on Monday, March 12, 1917: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on March 12, 1917Waning Gibbous

Monday 12 March 1917391,573 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 12, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.7% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
391,573 km243,312 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1917 is on Thursday, March 8, 1917 at 21:58 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 23, 1917 at 04:05 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, March 8, 191721:58
Last Quarter (after)Friday, March 16, 191712:33

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Monday, March 12, 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.