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The Moon on Thursday, March 29, 1917: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 41.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on March 29, 1917Waxing Crescent

Thursday 29 March 1917396,312 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 29, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.0% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
396,312 km246,257 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 29, 1917 is on Saturday, April 7, 1917 at 13:49 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 23, 1917 at 04:05 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 29

More about this date

Thursday, March 29, 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.