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The Moon on Tuesday, March 28, 1939: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

First Quarter at

12:16UTC

Moon phase on March 28, 1939First Quarter

Tuesday 28 March 1939372,442 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 28, 1939, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.0% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
372,442 km231,425 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 1939 is on Tuesday, April 4, 1939 at 04:18 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 21, 1939 at 01:49 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, March 21, 193901:49
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, March 28, 193912:16
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 4, 193904:18

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Tuesday, March 28, 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.