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The Moon on Sunday, March 22, 1942: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 27.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on March 22, 1942Waxing Crescent

Sunday 22 March 1942404,068 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 22, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.3% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
404,068 km251,076 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 1942 is on Wednesday, April 1, 1942 at 12:32 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 16, 1942 at 23:50 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Sunday, March 22, 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.