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The Moon on Saturday, March 8, 1941: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on March 8, 1941Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 8 March 1941387,329 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 8, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.3% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
387,329 km240,675 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1941 is on Thursday, March 13, 1941 at 11:47 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 26, 1941 at 03:02 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, March 6, 194107:43
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 13, 194111:47

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Saturday, March 8, 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.