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The Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 1926: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on March 16, 1926Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 16 March 1926369,657 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 16, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.0% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
369,657 km229,694 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1926 is on Monday, March 29, 1926 at 10:00 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 14, 1926 at 03:20 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, March 14, 192603:20
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 21, 192605:12

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Tuesday, March 16, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 14, 1926 to the new moon of April 12, 1926, a cycle of 29.40 days.