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The Moon on Thursday, March 17, 1921: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 54.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

First Quarter at

03:49UTC

Moon phase on March 17, 1921First Quarter

Thursday 17 March 1921371,082 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 17, 1921, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.0% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
371,082 km230,580 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1921 is on Wednesday, March 23, 1921 at 20:18 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 9, 1921 at 18:09 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 9, 192118:09
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, March 17, 192103:49
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 23, 192120:18

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Thursday, March 17, 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.