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The Moon on Saturday, March 20, 1943: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on March 20, 1943Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 20 March 1943395,555 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 20, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.9% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
395,555 km245,787 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1943 is on Sunday, March 21, 1943 at 22:08 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 6, 1943 at 10:34 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Saturday, March 20, 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.