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The Moon on Saturday, March 18, 1939: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on March 18, 1939Waning Crescent

Saturday 18 March 1939403,955 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 18, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.4% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
403,955 km251,006 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1939 is on Sunday, March 5, 1939 at 18:00 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 21, 1939 at 01:49 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Saturday, March 18, 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.