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The Moon on Thursday, March 7, 1940: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on March 7, 1940Waning Crescent

Thursday 7 March 1940405,606 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 7, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
405,606 km252,032 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 7, 1940 is on Friday, February 23, 1940 at 09:56 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 9, 1940 at 02:23 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 1, 194002:35
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 9, 194002:23

The Moon around March 7

More about this date

Thursday, March 7, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 8, 1940 to the new moon of March 9, 1940, a cycle of 29.78 days.