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The Moon on Saturday, March 9, 1946: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on March 9, 1946Waxing Crescent

Saturday 9 March 1946369,317 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 9, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.8% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
369,317 km229,483 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1946 is on Sunday, March 17, 1946 at 19:11 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 3, 1946 at 18:02 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, March 3, 194618:02
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 10, 194612:03

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Saturday, March 9, 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.