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The Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 1933: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on March 8, 1933Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 8 March 1933391,135 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 8, 1933, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.7% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
391,135 km243,040 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1933 is on Sunday, March 12, 1933 at 02:46 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 24, 1933 at 12:44 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, March 4, 193310:23
Full Moon (after)Sunday, March 12, 193302:46

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Wednesday, March 8, 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.