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The Moon on Sunday, March 16, 1930: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on March 16, 1930Waning Gibbous

Sunday 16 March 1930371,961 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 16, 1930, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.1% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.1%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
371,961 km231,126 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1930 is on Friday, March 14, 1930 at 18:58 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 30, 1930 at 05:46 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 14, 193018:58
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, March 22, 193003:13

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Sunday, March 16, 1930 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 28, 1930 to the new moon of March 30, 1930, a cycle of 29.68 days.