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The Moon on Monday, March 6, 1939: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

15.1days

Moon phase on March 6, 1939Waning Gibbous

Monday 6 March 1939363,050 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 6, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 15.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
15.1 dMoon age
363,050 km225,589 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1939 is on Sunday, March 5, 1939 at 18:00 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 21, 1939 at 01:49 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, March 5, 193918:00
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, March 12, 193921:37

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Monday, March 6, 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.