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The Moon on Wednesday, March 17, 1948: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 39.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

6.6days

Moon phase on March 17, 1948Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 17 March 1948379,270 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 17, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.0% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
379,270 km235,667 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1948 is on Thursday, March 25, 1948 at 03:10 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 10, 1948 at 21:15 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Wednesday, March 17, 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.