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The Moon on Thursday, March 16, 1944: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 64.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 09°

Moon age

21.4days

Moon phase on March 16, 1944Waning Gibbous

Thursday 16 March 1944385,801 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 16, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.2% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
385,801 km239,725 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1944 is on Friday, March 10, 1944 at 00:28 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 24, 1944 at 11:36 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Thursday, March 16, 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.