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The Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 1937: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 18.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on March 16, 1937Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 16 March 1937364,849 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 16, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.3% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
364,849 km226,706 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1937 is on Friday, March 26, 1937 at 23:12 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 12, 1937 at 19:32 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, March 12, 193719:32
First Quarter (after)Friday, March 19, 193711:46

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Tuesday, March 16, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 12, 1937 to the new moon of April 11, 1937, a cycle of 29.40 days.