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The Moon on Sunday, March 29, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 29°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on March 29, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 29 March 1942383,949 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 29, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.2% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
383,949 km238,575 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (30°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 29, 1942 is on Wednesday, April 1, 1942 at 12:32 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 16, 1942 at 23:50 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 29

More about this date

Sunday, March 29, 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.