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The Moon on Friday, March 26, 1943: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 77.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

Moon age

20.1days

Moon phase on March 26, 1943Waning Gibbous

Friday 26 March 1943375,992 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 26, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.5% of its visible face lit, 20.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.5%Illumination at noon UTC
20.1 dMoon age
375,992 km233,630 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (2°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1943 is on Sunday, March 21, 1943 at 22:08 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 4, 1943 at 21:53 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Friday, March 26, 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.