Skip to content
The Moon on Friday, March 29, 1946: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on March 29, 1946Waning Crescent

Friday 29 March 1946381,615 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 29, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.1% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
381,615 km237,124 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 29, 1946 is on Sunday, March 17, 1946 at 19:11 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 2, 1946 at 04:37 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, March 25, 194622:37
New Moon (after)Tuesday, April 2, 194604:37

The Moon around March 29

More about this date

Friday, March 29, 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.