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The Moon on Sunday, March 12, 1944: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on March 12, 1944Waning Gibbous

Sunday 12 March 1944400,714 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 12, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.3% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
400,714 km248,992 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1944 is on Friday, March 10, 1944 at 00:28 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 24, 1944 at 11:36 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 10, 194400:28
Last Quarter (after)Friday, March 17, 194420:05

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Sunday, March 12, 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.