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The Moon on Tuesday, March 9, 1943: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on March 9, 1943Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 9 March 1943380,961 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 9, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.8% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
380,961 km236,718 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1943 is on Sunday, March 21, 1943 at 22:08 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 6, 1943 at 10:34 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 6, 194310:34
First Quarter (after)Saturday, March 13, 194319:30

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Tuesday, March 9, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 6, 1943 to the new moon of April 4, 1943, a cycle of 29.47 days.