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The Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 1942: Waxing Crescent, 45% lit

Waxing · 45.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

7.5days

Moon phase on March 24, 1942Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 24 March 1942403,849 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 24, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 45.4% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

45.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
403,849 km250,940 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1942 is on Wednesday, April 1, 1942 at 12:32 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 16, 1942 at 23:50 UTC, 8 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Tuesday, March 24, 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.