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The Moon on Friday, March 16, 1923: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on March 16, 1923Waning Crescent

Friday 16 March 1923402,512 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 16, 1923, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
402,512 km250,109 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1923 is on Saturday, March 3, 1923 at 03:23 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 17, 1923 at 12:51 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 9, 192318:31
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 17, 192312:51

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Friday, March 16, 1923 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 1923 to the new moon of March 17, 1923, a cycle of 29.74 days.