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The Moon on Wednesday, March 3, 1920: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on March 3, 1920Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 3 March 1920375,168 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 3, 1920, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
375,168 km233,118 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 3, 1920 is on Thursday, March 4, 1920 at 21:12 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 19, 1920 at 21:35 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, February 26, 192023:49
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 4, 192021:12

The Moon around March 3

More about this date

Wednesday, March 3, 1920 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 19, 1920 to the new moon of March 20, 1920, a cycle of 29.56 days.