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The Moon on Friday, March 24, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on March 24, 1939Waxing Crescent

Friday 24 March 1939386,383 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 24, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.7% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
386,383 km240,087 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1939 is on Tuesday, April 4, 1939 at 04:18 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 21, 1939 at 01:49 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Friday, March 24, 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.