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The Moon on Sunday, March 14, 1948: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on March 14, 1948Waxing Crescent

Sunday 14 March 1948391,346 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 14, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.4% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
391,346 km243,171 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 14, 1948 is on Thursday, March 25, 1948 at 03:10 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 10, 1948 at 21:15 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 10, 194821:15
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 18, 194812:27

The Moon around March 14

More about this date

Sunday, March 14, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 10, 1948 to the new moon of April 9, 1948, a cycle of 29.67 days.