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The Moon on Thursday, March 6, 1919: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 21.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on March 6, 1919Waxing Crescent

Thursday 6 March 1919365,376 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 6, 1919, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.7% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
365,376 km227,034 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1919 is on Sunday, March 16, 1919 at 15:41 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 2, 1919 at 11:11 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, March 2, 191911:11
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 9, 191903:14

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Thursday, March 6, 1919 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 2, 1919 to the new moon of March 31, 1919, a cycle of 29.41 days.