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The Moon on Thursday, March 31, 1938: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

New Moon at

18:52UTC

Moon phase on March 31, 1938New Moon

Thursday 31 March 1938378,275 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 31, 1938, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.3 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.3 dMoon age
378,275 km235,049 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 1938 is on Thursday, April 14, 1938 at 18:21 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 31, 1938 at 18:52 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, March 24, 193801:06
New Moon (this day)Thursday, March 31, 193818:52
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 7, 193815:10

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Thursday, March 31, 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.