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The Moon on Saturday, March 30, 1946: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on March 30, 1946Waning Crescent

Saturday 30 March 1946375,795 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 30, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.7% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
375,795 km233,508 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (3°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 30, 1946 is on Sunday, March 17, 1946 at 19:11 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 2, 1946 at 04:37 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 30

More about this date

Saturday, March 30, 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.