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The Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 1917: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on March 27, 1917Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 27 March 1917385,813 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 27, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.3% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
385,813 km239,733 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1917 is on Saturday, April 7, 1917 at 13:49 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 23, 1917 at 04:05 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Tuesday, March 27, 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.