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The Moon on Sunday, March 10, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on March 10, 1940Waxing Crescent

Sunday 10 March 1940406,023 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 10, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
406,023 km252,291 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (5°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 10, 1940 is on Saturday, March 23, 1940 at 19:33 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 9, 1940 at 02:23 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 9, 194002:23
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 17, 194003:25

The Moon around March 10

More about this date

Sunday, March 10, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 9, 1940 to the new moon of April 7, 1940, a cycle of 29.75 days.