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The Moon on Saturday, March 18, 1944: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on March 18, 1944Waning Crescent

Saturday 18 March 1944375,588 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 18, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.9% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
375,588 km233,379 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1944 is on Friday, March 10, 1944 at 00:28 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 24, 1944 at 11:36 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 17, 194420:05
New Moon (after)Friday, March 24, 194411:36

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Saturday, March 18, 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.