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The Moon on Friday, March 1, 1946: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on March 1, 1946Waning Crescent

Friday 1 March 1946382,992 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 1, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
382,992 km237,980 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1946 is on Saturday, February 16, 1946 at 04:28 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 3, 1946 at 18:02 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, February 24, 194602:37
New Moon (after)Sunday, March 3, 194618:02

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Friday, March 1, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 2, 1946 to the new moon of March 3, 1946, a cycle of 29.55 days.