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The Moon on Tuesday, March 9, 1948: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on March 9, 1948Waning Crescent

Tuesday 9 March 1948404,662 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 9, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.0% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
404,662 km251,445 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1948 is on Tuesday, February 24, 1948 at 17:16 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 10, 1948 at 21:15 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Tuesday, March 9, 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.