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The Moon on Monday, March 8, 1926: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 39.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on March 8, 1926Waning Crescent

Monday 8 March 1926373,293 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 8, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.1% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
373,293 km231,954 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (30°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1926 is on Saturday, February 27, 1926 at 16:51 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 14, 1926 at 03:20 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, March 7, 192611:49
New Moon (after)Sunday, March 14, 192603:20

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Monday, March 8, 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.