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The Moon on Tuesday, March 8, 1949: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 55.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

First Quarter at

00:42UTC

Moon phase on March 8, 1949First Quarter

Tuesday 8 March 1949385,288 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 8, 1949, the Moon was a First Quarter: 55.0% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

55.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
385,288 km239,407 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1949 is on Monday, March 14, 1949 at 19:03 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 27, 1949 at 20:55 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 27, 194920:55
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, March 8, 194900:42
Full Moon (after)Monday, March 14, 194919:03

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Tuesday, March 8, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 27, 1949 to the new moon of March 29, 1949, a cycle of 29.76 days.