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The Moon on Wednesday, March 22, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on March 22, 1939Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 22 March 1939393,187 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 22, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
393,187 km244,315 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 1939 is on Tuesday, April 4, 1939 at 04:18 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 21, 1939 at 01:49 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, March 21, 193901:49
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 28, 193912:16

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Wednesday, March 22, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 21, 1939 to the new moon of April 19, 1939, a cycle of 29.62 days.