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The Moon on Sunday, March 21, 1937: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on March 21, 1937Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 21 March 1937380,906 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 21, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.5% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
380,906 km236,684 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 1937 is on Friday, March 26, 1937 at 23:12 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 12, 1937 at 19:32 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, March 19, 193711:46
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 26, 193723:12

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Sunday, March 21, 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.