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The Moon on Thursday, March 17, 1932: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 69.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on March 17, 1932Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 17 March 1932383,379 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 17, 1932, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.8% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
383,379 km238,221 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1932 is on Tuesday, March 22, 1932 at 12:37 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 7, 1932 at 07:44 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Thursday, March 17, 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.