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The Moon on Thursday, March 22, 1917: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on March 22, 1917Waning Crescent

Thursday 22 March 1917362,597 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 22, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
362,597 km225,307 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 1917 is on Thursday, March 8, 1917 at 21:58 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 23, 1917 at 04:05 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Thursday, March 22, 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.