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The Moon on Tuesday, March 1, 1938: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on March 1, 1938Waning Crescent

Tuesday 1 March 1938391,011 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 1, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
391,011 km242,963 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1938 is on Wednesday, March 16, 1938 at 05:15 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 2, 1938 at 05:40 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 22, 193804:24
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 2, 193805:40

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Tuesday, March 1, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 31, 1938 to the new moon of March 2, 1938, a cycle of 29.67 days.