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The Moon on Thursday, March 9, 1939: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 82.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on March 9, 1939Waning Gibbous

Thursday 9 March 1939378,668 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 9, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.3% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
378,668 km235,293 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1939 is on Sunday, March 5, 1939 at 18:00 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 21, 1939 at 01:49 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Thursday, March 9, 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.