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The Moon on Friday, March 23, 1923: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on March 23, 1923Waxing Crescent

Friday 23 March 1923400,271 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 23, 1923, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.0% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
400,271 km248,717 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1923 is on Sunday, April 1, 1923 at 13:10 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 17, 1923 at 12:51 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 17, 192312:51
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 25, 192316:41

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Friday, March 23, 1923 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 17, 1923 to the new moon of April 16, 1923, a cycle of 29.73 days.