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The Moon on Sunday, March 26, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 28.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on March 26, 1939Waxing Crescent

Sunday 26 March 1939379,328 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 26, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.5% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
379,328 km235,703 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1939 is on Tuesday, April 4, 1939 at 04:18 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 21, 1939 at 01:49 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Sunday, March 26, 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.