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The Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 1917: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on March 20, 1917Waning Crescent

Tuesday 20 March 1917362,185 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 20, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.2% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
362,185 km225,051 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1917 is on Thursday, March 8, 1917 at 21:58 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 23, 1917 at 04:05 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Tuesday, March 20, 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.