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The Moon on Saturday, March 13, 1943: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 47.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

First Quarter at

19:30UTC

Moon phase on March 13, 1943First Quarter

Saturday 13 March 1943400,603 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 13, 1943, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.1% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
400,603 km248,923 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 1943 is on Sunday, March 21, 1943 at 22:08 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 6, 1943 at 10:34 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 6, 194310:34
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, March 13, 194319:30
Full Moon (after)Sunday, March 21, 194322:08

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Saturday, March 13, 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.