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The Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 1945: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 57.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

7.3days

Moon phase on March 21, 1945Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 21 March 1945385,025 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 21, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.5% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
385,025 km239,244 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 1945 is on Wednesday, March 28, 1945 at 17:45 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 14, 1945 at 03:51 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 20, 194519:12
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 28, 194517:45

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Wednesday, March 21, 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.