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The Moon on Tuesday, March 15, 1938: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on March 15, 1938Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 15 March 1938376,148 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 15, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
376,148 km233,728 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 9, 193808:35
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 16, 193805:15

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Tuesday, March 15, 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.