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The Moon on Thursday, March 9, 1944: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

14.4days

Moon phase on March 9, 1944Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 9 March 1944405,784 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 9, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
405,784 km252,143 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1944 is on Friday, March 10, 1944 at 00:28 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 24, 1944 at 01:59 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 1, 194420:40
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 10, 194400:28

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Thursday, March 9, 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.