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The Moon on Saturday, March 16, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on March 16, 1940Waxing Crescent

Saturday 16 March 1940387,300 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 16, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.4% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
387,300 km240,657 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1940 is on Saturday, March 23, 1940 at 19:33 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 9, 1940 at 02:23 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Saturday, March 16, 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.