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The Moon on Sunday, March 16, 1924: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on March 16, 1924Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 16 March 1924391,905 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 16, 1924, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.1% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
391,905 km243,518 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1924 is on Friday, March 21, 1924 at 04:30 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 5, 1924 at 15:58 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, March 13, 192416:50
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 21, 192404:30

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Sunday, March 16, 1924 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 5, 1924 to the new moon of April 4, 1924, a cycle of 29.64 days.