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The Moon on Monday, March 2, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

15.1days

Moon phase on March 2, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Monday 2 March 1942382,319 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 2, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 15.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.1 dMoon age
382,319 km237,562 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 2, 1942 is on Tuesday, March 3, 1942 at 00:20 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 16, 1942 at 23:50 UTC, 14 days later.

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

The Moon around March 2

More about this date

Monday, March 2, 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.