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The Moon on Sunday, March 7, 1948: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on March 7, 1948Waning Crescent

Sunday 7 March 1948406,186 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 7, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.3% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
406,186 km252,392 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 7, 1948 is on Tuesday, February 24, 1948 at 17:16 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 10, 1948 at 21:15 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 2, 194816:36
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 10, 194821:15

The Moon around March 7

More about this date

Sunday, March 7, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 10, 1948 to the new moon of March 10, 1948, a cycle of 29.76 days.