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The Moon on Monday, March 27, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on March 27, 1939Waxing Crescent

Monday 27 March 1939375,816 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 27, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.9% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
375,816 km233,521 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1939 is on Tuesday, April 4, 1939 at 04:18 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 21, 1939 at 01:49 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Monday, March 27, 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.