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The Moon on Friday, March 12, 1943: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 37.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on March 12, 1943Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 March 1943396,826 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 12, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.5% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
396,826 km246,576 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Friday, March 12, 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.