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The Moon on Thursday, March 23, 1944: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on March 23, 1944Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 March 1944358,869 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 23, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
358,869 km222,991 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1944 is on Friday, March 10, 1944 at 00:28 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 24, 1944 at 11:36 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Thursday, March 23, 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.