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The Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 1920: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on March 16, 1920Waning Crescent

Tuesday 16 March 1920394,055 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 16, 1920, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.0% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
394,055 km244,855 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1920 is on Thursday, March 4, 1920 at 21:12 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 20, 1920 at 10:56 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 12, 192017:57
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 20, 192010:56

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Tuesday, March 16, 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.