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The Moon on Saturday, March 4, 1939: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on March 4, 1939Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 4 March 1939359,411 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 4, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
359,411 km223,327 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 1939 is on Sunday, March 5, 1939 at 18:00 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 19, 1939 at 08:28 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Saturday, March 4, 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.