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The Moon on Thursday, March 21, 1918: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 69.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on March 21, 1918Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 21 March 1918396,005 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 21, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.2% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
396,005 km246,066 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 1918 is on Wednesday, March 27, 1918 at 15:33 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 12, 1918 at 19:52 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 19, 191813:30
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 27, 191815:33

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Thursday, March 21, 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.