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The Moon on Friday, March 4, 1938: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on March 4, 1938Waxing Crescent

Friday 4 March 1938380,415 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 4, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.9% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
380,415 km236,379 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 1938 is on Wednesday, March 16, 1938 at 05:15 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 2, 1938 at 05:40 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Friday, March 4, 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.