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The Moon on Friday, March 20, 1942: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on March 20, 1942Waxing Crescent

Friday 20 March 1942399,784 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 20, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.2% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
399,784 km248,414 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1942 is on Wednesday, April 1, 1942 at 12:32 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 16, 1942 at 23:50 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Friday, March 20, 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.