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The Moon on Thursday, March 16, 1933: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 76.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on March 16, 1933Waning Gibbous

Thursday 16 March 1933367,464 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 16, 1933, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.2% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
367,464 km228,332 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1933 is on Sunday, March 12, 1933 at 02:46 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 26, 1933 at 03:20 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, March 12, 193302:46
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, March 18, 193321:05

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Thursday, March 16, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 24, 1933 to the new moon of March 26, 1933, a cycle of 29.61 days.