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The Moon on Saturday, March 17, 1934: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on March 17, 1934Waxing Crescent

Saturday 17 March 1934380,673 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 17, 1934, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.1% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
380,673 km236,539 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1934 is on Saturday, March 31, 1934 at 01:15 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 15, 1934 at 12:08 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Saturday, March 17, 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.