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The Moon on Friday, March 16, 1917: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 25°

Last Quarter at

12:33UTC

Moon phase on March 16, 1917Last Quarter

Friday 16 March 1917375,277 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 16, 1917, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.4% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
375,277 km233,186 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1917 is on Thursday, March 8, 1917 at 21:58 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 23, 1917 at 04:05 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, March 8, 191721:58
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, March 16, 191712:33
New Moon (after)Friday, March 23, 191704:05

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Friday, March 16, 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.