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The Moon on Wednesday, March 17, 1943: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on March 17, 1943Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 17 March 1943403,625 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 17, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.2% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
403,625 km250,801 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1943 is on Sunday, March 21, 1943 at 22:08 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 6, 1943 at 10:34 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, March 13, 194319:30
Full Moon (after)Sunday, March 21, 194322:08

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Wednesday, March 17, 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.