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The Moon on Thursday, March 26, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 64.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on March 26, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 26 March 1942398,595 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 26, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.4% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
398,595 km247,675 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1942 is on Wednesday, April 1, 1942 at 12:32 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 16, 1942 at 23:50 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 25, 194200:01
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, April 1, 194212:32

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Thursday, March 26, 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.