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The Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 1942: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 15°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on March 18, 1942Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 18 March 1942392,707 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 18, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
392,707 km244,017 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (15°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1942 is on Wednesday, April 1, 1942 at 12:32 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 16, 1942 at 23:50 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Wednesday, March 18, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 16, 1942 to the new moon of April 15, 1942, a cycle of 29.61 days.