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The Moon on Wednesday, March 17, 1937: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on March 17, 1937Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 17 March 1937367,041 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 17, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.1% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
367,041 km228,068 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (0°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1937 is on Friday, March 26, 1937 at 23:12 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 12, 1937 at 19:32 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, March 12, 193719:32
First Quarter (after)Friday, March 19, 193711:46

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Wednesday, March 17, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 12, 1937 to the new moon of April 11, 1937, a cycle of 29.40 days.