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The Moon on Sunday, March 1, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on March 1, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 1 March 1942386,670 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 1, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
386,670 km240,266 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1942 is on Tuesday, March 3, 1942 at 00:20 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 15, 1942 at 10:03 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 23, 194203:40
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 3, 194200:20

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Sunday, March 1, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 1942 to the new moon of March 16, 1942, a cycle of 29.57 days.