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The Moon on Friday, March 17, 1922: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 78.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on March 17, 1922Waning Gibbous

Friday 17 March 1922374,272 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 17, 1922, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.7% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
374,272 km232,562 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1922 is on Monday, March 13, 1922 at 11:14 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 28, 1922 at 13:03 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, March 13, 192211:14
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 20, 192208:43

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Friday, March 17, 1922 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 26, 1922 to the new moon of March 28, 1922, a cycle of 29.76 days.