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The Moon on Sunday, March 17, 1918: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 28.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on March 17, 1918Waxing Crescent

Sunday 17 March 1918373,793 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 17, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.6% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
373,793 km232,264 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1918 is on Wednesday, March 27, 1918 at 15:33 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 12, 1918 at 19:52 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, March 12, 191819:52
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 19, 191813:30

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Sunday, March 17, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 12, 1918 to the new moon of April 11, 1918, a cycle of 29.36 days.