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The Moon on Thursday, March 16, 1939: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on March 16, 1939Waning Crescent

Thursday 16 March 1939405,657 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 16, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.5% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
405,657 km252,063 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1939 is on Sunday, March 5, 1939 at 18:00 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 21, 1939 at 01:49 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Thursday, March 16, 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.