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The Moon on Tuesday, March 23, 1943: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 20°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on March 23, 1943Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 23 March 1943384,906 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 23, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
384,906 km239,170 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1943 is on Sunday, March 21, 1943 at 22:08 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 4, 1943 at 21:53 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, March 21, 194322:08
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 29, 194301:52

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Tuesday, March 23, 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.