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The Moon on Saturday, March 8, 1919: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on March 8, 1919Waxing Crescent

Saturday 8 March 1919371,552 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 8, 1919, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.0% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
371,552 km230,871 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1919 is on Sunday, March 16, 1919 at 15:41 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 2, 1919 at 11:11 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Saturday, March 8, 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.