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The Moon on Wednesday, March 17, 1920: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on March 17, 1920Waning Crescent

Wednesday 17 March 1920389,427 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 17, 1920, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.1% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
389,427 km241,978 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1920 is on Thursday, March 4, 1920 at 21:12 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 20, 1920 at 10:56 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Wednesday, March 17, 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.