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The Moon on Monday, March 16, 1942: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

New Moon at

23:50UTC

Moon phase on March 16, 1942New Moon

Monday 16 March 1942384,995 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 16, 1942, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.1 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.1 dMoon age
384,995 km239,224 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1942 is on Tuesday, March 3, 1942 at 00:20 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 16, 1942 at 23:50 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, March 9, 194222:01
New Moon (this day)Monday, March 16, 194223:50
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 25, 194200:01

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Monday, March 16, 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.