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The Moon on Thursday, March 4, 1926: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

19.8days

Moon phase on March 4, 1926Waning Gibbous

Thursday 4 March 1926392,311 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 4, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.4% of its visible face lit, 19.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.8 dMoon age
392,311 km243,770 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (7°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 1926 is on Saturday, February 27, 1926 at 16:51 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 14, 1926 at 03:20 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Thursday, March 4, 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.