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The Moon on Saturday, March 24, 1917: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on March 24, 1917Waxing Crescent

Saturday 24 March 1917369,161 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 24, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
369,161 km229,386 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1917 is on Saturday, April 7, 1917 at 13:49 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 23, 1917 at 04:05 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, March 23, 191704:05
First Quarter (after)Friday, March 30, 191710:36

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Saturday, March 24, 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.