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The Moon on Saturday, March 23, 1918: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on March 23, 1918Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 23 March 1918402,763 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 23, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.2% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
402,763 km250,265 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1918 is on Wednesday, March 27, 1918 at 15:33 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 12, 1918 at 19:52 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Saturday, March 23, 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.