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The Moon on Friday, March 16, 1934: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 08°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on March 16, 1934Waxing Crescent

Friday 16 March 1934375,837 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 16, 1934, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
375,837 km233,534 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1934 is on Saturday, March 31, 1934 at 01:15 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 15, 1934 at 12:08 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 15, 193412:08
First Quarter (after)Friday, March 23, 193401:45

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Friday, March 16, 1934 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 15, 1934 to the new moon of April 13, 1934, a cycle of 29.49 days.