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The Moon on Sunday, March 18, 1917: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on March 18, 1917Waning Crescent

Sunday 18 March 1917367,235 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 18, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.4% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
367,235 km228,189 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1917 is on Thursday, March 8, 1917 at 21:58 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 23, 1917 at 04:05 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 16, 191712:33
New Moon (after)Friday, March 23, 191704:05

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Sunday, March 18, 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.