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The Moon on Wednesday, March 1, 1939: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 75.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 10°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on March 1, 1939Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 1 March 1939366,257 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 1, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.5% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
366,257 km227,582 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (11°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1939 is on Sunday, March 5, 1939 at 18:00 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 19, 1939 at 08:28 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 27, 193903:26
Full Moon (after)Sunday, March 5, 193918:00

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Wednesday, March 1, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 19, 1939 to the new moon of March 21, 1939, a cycle of 29.72 days.