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The Moon on Sunday, March 15, 1942: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on March 15, 1942Waning Crescent

Sunday 15 March 1942381,476 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 15, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
381,476 km237,038 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1942 is on Tuesday, March 3, 1942 at 00:20 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 16, 1942 at 23:50 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, March 9, 194222:01
New Moon (after)Monday, March 16, 194223:50

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Sunday, March 15, 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.