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The Moon on Saturday, March 6, 1926: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 60.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

21.8days

Moon phase on March 6, 1926Waning Gibbous

Saturday 6 March 1926383,403 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 6, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.7% of its visible face lit, 21.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.8 dMoon age
383,403 km238,235 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1926 is on Saturday, February 27, 1926 at 16:51 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 14, 1926 at 03:20 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Saturday, March 6, 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.