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The Moon on Saturday, March 31, 1917: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 60.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on March 31, 1917Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 31 March 1917403,047 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 31, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.2% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
403,047 km250,442 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 1917 is on Saturday, April 7, 1917 at 13:49 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 23, 1917 at 04:05 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, March 30, 191710:36
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 7, 191713:49

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Saturday, March 31, 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.