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The Moon on Thursday, March 3, 1938: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on March 3, 1938Waxing Crescent

Thursday 3 March 1938383,671 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 3, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.9% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
383,671 km238,402 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 3, 1938 is on Wednesday, March 16, 1938 at 05:15 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 2, 1938 at 05:40 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 2, 193805:40
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 9, 193808:35

The Moon around March 3

More about this date

Thursday, March 3, 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.