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The Moon on Friday, March 3, 1939: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on March 3, 1939Waxing Gibbous

Friday 3 March 1939360,224 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 3, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.4% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
360,224 km223,833 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 3, 1939 is on Sunday, March 5, 1939 at 18:00 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 19, 1939 at 08:28 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 3

More about this date

Friday, March 3, 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.