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The Moon on Sunday, March 12, 1939: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 54.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

Last Quarter at

21:37UTC

Moon phase on March 12, 1939Last Quarter

Sunday 12 March 1939395,897 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 12, 1939, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.1% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
395,897 km245,999 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1939 is on Sunday, March 5, 1939 at 18:00 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 21, 1939 at 01:49 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, March 5, 193918:00
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, March 12, 193921:37
New Moon (after)Tuesday, March 21, 193901:49

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Sunday, March 12, 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.