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The Moon on Wednesday, March 16, 1921: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 42.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

6.7days

Moon phase on March 16, 1921Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 16 March 1921374,147 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 16, 1921, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.7% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
374,147 km232,484 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1921 is on Wednesday, March 23, 1921 at 20:18 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 9, 1921 at 18:09 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 9, 192118:09
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 17, 192103:49

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Wednesday, March 16, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 9, 1921 to the new moon of April 8, 1921, a cycle of 29.62 days.