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The Moon on Friday, March 16, 1945: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on March 16, 1945Waxing Crescent

Friday 16 March 1945360,225 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 16, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.4% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
360,225 km223,834 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (29°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1945 is on Wednesday, March 28, 1945 at 17:45 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 14, 1945 at 03:51 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 14, 194503:51
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 20, 194519:12

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Friday, March 16, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 14, 1945 to the new moon of April 12, 1945, a cycle of 29.36 days.