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The Moon on Thursday, March 15, 1928: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 41.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on March 15, 1928Waning Crescent

Thursday 15 March 1928395,425 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 15, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.8% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
395,425 km245,706 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1928 is on Tuesday, March 6, 1928 at 11:27 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 21, 1928 at 20:29 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 14, 192815:20
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 21, 192820:29

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Thursday, March 15, 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.