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The Moon on Saturday, March 6, 1937: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on March 6, 1937Waning Crescent

Saturday 6 March 1937398,355 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 6, 1937, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.5% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
398,355 km247,526 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (28°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1937 is on Thursday, February 25, 1937 at 07:43 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 12, 1937 at 19:32 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 5, 193709:17
New Moon (after)Friday, March 12, 193719:32

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Saturday, March 6, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 11, 1937 to the new moon of March 12, 1937, a cycle of 29.50 days.