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The Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 1934: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on March 20, 1934Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 20 March 1934395,688 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 20, 1934, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.3% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
395,688 km245,869 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1934 is on Saturday, March 31, 1934 at 01:15 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 15, 1934 at 12:08 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Tuesday, March 20, 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.