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The Moon on Wednesday, March 1, 1944: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

First Quarter at

20:40UTC

Moon phase on March 1, 1944First Quarter

Wednesday 1 March 1944386,234 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 1, 1944, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.4% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
386,234 km239,995 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1944 is on Friday, March 10, 1944 at 00:28 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 24, 1944 at 01:59 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 24, 194401:59
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, March 1, 194420:40
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 10, 194400:28

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Wednesday, March 1, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 24, 1944 to the new moon of March 24, 1944, a cycle of 29.40 days.