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The Moon on Wednesday, March 16, 1932: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 59.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on March 16, 1932Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 16 March 1932389,371 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 16, 1932, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.9% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
389,371 km241,944 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1932 is on Tuesday, March 22, 1932 at 12:37 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 7, 1932 at 07:44 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 15, 193212:41
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 22, 193212:37

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Wednesday, March 16, 1932 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 7, 1932 to the new moon of April 6, 1932, a cycle of 29.73 days.