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The Moon on Thursday, March 2, 1933: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 32.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on March 2, 1933Waxing Crescent

Thursday 2 March 1933403,401 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 2, 1933, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.2% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
403,401 km250,662 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 2, 1933 is on Sunday, March 12, 1933 at 02:46 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 24, 1933 at 12:44 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 24, 193312:44
First Quarter (after)Saturday, March 4, 193310:23

The Moon around March 2

More about this date

Thursday, March 2, 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.