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The Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 1938: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

New Moon at

05:40UTC

Moon phase on March 2, 1938New Moon

Wednesday 2 March 1938387,249 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 2, 1938, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.9 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.9 dMoon age
387,249 km240,625 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 2, 1938 is on Wednesday, March 16, 1938 at 05:15 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 2, 1938 at 05:40 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 22, 193804:24
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, March 2, 193805:40
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 9, 193808:35

The Moon around March 2

More about this date

Wednesday, March 2, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 2, 1938 to the new moon of March 31, 1938, a cycle of 29.55 days.