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The Moon on Monday, March 1, 1926: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 29°

Moon age

16.8days

Moon phase on March 1, 1926Waning Gibbous

Monday 1 March 1926401,673 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 1, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.9% of its visible face lit, 16.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.8 dMoon age
401,673 km249,588 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (30°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1926 is on Saturday, February 27, 1926 at 16:51 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 14, 1926 at 03:20 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 27, 192616:51
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, March 7, 192611:49

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Monday, March 1, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 12, 1926 to the new moon of March 14, 1926, a cycle of 29.42 days.