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The Moon on Friday, March 23, 1934: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 54.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

First Quarter at

01:45UTC

Moon phase on March 23, 1934First Quarter

Friday 23 March 1934404,008 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 23, 1934, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.2% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
404,008 km251,039 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1934 is on Saturday, March 31, 1934 at 01:15 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 15, 1934 at 12:08 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 15, 193412:08
First Quarter (this day)Friday, March 23, 193401:45
Full Moon (after)Saturday, March 31, 193401:15

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Friday, March 23, 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.