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The Moon on Friday, March 23, 1917: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

New Moon at

04:05UTC

Moon phase on March 23, 1917New Moon

Friday 23 March 1917365,173 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 23, 1917, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.7 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.7 dMoon age
365,173 km226,908 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1917 is on Thursday, March 8, 1917 at 21:58 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 23, 1917 at 04:05 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 16, 191712:33
New Moon (this day)Friday, March 23, 191704:05
First Quarter (after)Friday, March 30, 191710:36

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Friday, March 23, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 23, 1917 to the new moon of April 21, 1917, a cycle of 29.41 days.