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The Moon on Sunday, March 23, 1941: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on March 23, 1941Waning Crescent

Sunday 23 March 1941391,785 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 23, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.3% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
391,785 km243,444 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1941 is on Thursday, March 13, 1941 at 11:47 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 27, 1941 at 20:14 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, March 20, 194102:51
New Moon (after)Thursday, March 27, 194120:14

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Sunday, March 23, 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.