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The Moon on Wednesday, March 15, 1939: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 26.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on March 15, 1939Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 March 1939404,985 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 15, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.3% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
404,985 km251,646 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1939 is on Sunday, March 5, 1939 at 18:00 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 21, 1939 at 01:49 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, March 12, 193921:37
New Moon (after)Tuesday, March 21, 193901:49

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Wednesday, March 15, 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.