Waxing · 27.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°
Moon age
4.7days
Moon phase on March 8, 1946Waxing Crescent
On Friday, March 8, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.9% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
27.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
367,666 km228,457 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 8, 1946 is on Sunday, March 17, 1946 at 19:11 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 3, 1946 at 18:02 UTC, 5 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, March 3, 1946 | 18:02 |
| First Quarter (after) | Sunday, March 10, 1946 | 12:03 |
The Moon around March 8
More about this date
Friday, March 8, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 3, 1946 to the new moon of April 2, 1946, a cycle of 29.44 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 1946, or the whole moon calendar 1946.
- The same date one year apart: 1945 · 1947.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.