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The Moon on Thursday, March 6, 1941: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 51.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

First Quarter at

07:43UTC

Moon phase on March 6, 1941First Quarter

Thursday 6 March 1941397,621 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 6, 1941, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.9% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

51.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
397,621 km247,070 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1941 is on Thursday, March 13, 1941 at 11:47 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 26, 1941 at 03:02 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, February 26, 194103:02
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, March 6, 194107:43
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 13, 194111:47

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Thursday, March 6, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 26, 1941 to the new moon of March 27, 1941, a cycle of 29.72 days.