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The Moon on Thursday, March 31, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on March 31, 1949Waxing Crescent

Thursday 31 March 1949403,685 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 31, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.1% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
403,685 km250,838 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 1949 is on Wednesday, April 13, 1949 at 04:08 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 29, 1949 at 15:11 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, March 29, 194915:11
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 6, 194913:01

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Thursday, March 31, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 29, 1949 to the new moon of April 28, 1949, a cycle of 29.70 days.