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The Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 1945: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 46.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

First Quarter at

19:12UTC

Moon phase on March 20, 1945First Quarter

Tuesday 20 March 1945379,578 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 20, 1945, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.9% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
379,578 km235,859 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1945 is on Wednesday, March 28, 1945 at 17:45 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 14, 1945 at 03:51 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 14, 194503:51
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, March 20, 194519:12
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 28, 194517:45

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Tuesday, March 20, 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.