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The Moon on Sunday, March 10, 1946: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

First Quarter at

12:03UTC

Moon phase on March 10, 1946First Quarter

Sunday 10 March 1946371,516 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 10, 1946, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.1% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
371,516 km230,849 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 10, 1946 is on Sunday, March 17, 1946 at 19:11 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 3, 1946 at 18:02 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, March 3, 194618:02
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, March 10, 194612:03
Full Moon (after)Sunday, March 17, 194619:11

The Moon around March 10

More about this date

Sunday, March 10, 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.