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The Moon on Tuesday, March 28, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 20.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on March 28, 1944Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 28 March 1944378,616 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 28, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.8% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
378,616 km235,261 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 1944 is on Saturday, April 8, 1944 at 17:22 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 24, 1944 at 11:36 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, March 24, 194411:36
First Quarter (after)Friday, March 31, 194412:34

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Tuesday, March 28, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 24, 1944 to the new moon of April 22, 1944, a cycle of 29.38 days.