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The Moon on Tuesday, March 31, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

14.5days

Moon phase on March 31, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 31 March 1942373,696 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 31, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
373,696 km232,204 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 1942 is on Wednesday, April 1, 1942 at 12:32 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 16, 1942 at 23:50 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Tuesday, March 31, 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.