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The Moon on Saturday, March 3, 1945: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 82.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 01°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on March 3, 1945Waning Gibbous

Saturday 3 March 1945405,243 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 3, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.7% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
405,243 km251,806 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 3, 1945 is on Tuesday, February 27, 1945 at 00:07 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 14, 1945 at 03:51 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, February 27, 194500:07
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 7, 194504:30

The Moon around March 3

More about this date

Saturday, March 3, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 12, 1945 to the new moon of March 14, 1945, a cycle of 29.43 days.