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The Moon on Thursday, March 18, 1937: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 39.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on March 18, 1937Waxing Crescent

Thursday 18 March 1937370,009 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 18, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.0% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
370,009 km229,913 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1937 is on Friday, March 26, 1937 at 23:12 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 12, 1937 at 19:32 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Thursday, March 18, 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.