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The Moon on Thursday, March 8, 1928: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on March 8, 1928Waning Gibbous

Thursday 8 March 1928400,916 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 8, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
400,916 km249,118 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1928 is on Tuesday, March 6, 1928 at 11:27 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 21, 1928 at 20:29 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, March 6, 192811:27
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 14, 192815:20

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Thursday, March 8, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 21, 1928 to the new moon of March 21, 1928, a cycle of 29.45 days.