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The Moon on Thursday, March 2, 1939: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on March 2, 1939Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 2 March 1939362,616 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 2, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.9% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
362,616 km225,319 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 2, 1939 is on Sunday, March 5, 1939 at 18:00 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 19, 1939 at 08:28 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 2

More about this date

Thursday, March 2, 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.