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The Moon on Thursday, March 4, 1943: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on March 4, 1943Waning Crescent

Thursday 4 March 1943363,048 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 4, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.3% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
363,048 km225,587 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 1943 is on Saturday, February 20, 1943 at 05:45 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 6, 1943 at 10:34 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 27, 194318:23
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 6, 194310:34

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Thursday, March 4, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 4, 1943 to the new moon of March 6, 1943, a cycle of 29.46 days.