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The Moon on Saturday, March 6, 1948: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on March 6, 1948Waning Crescent

Saturday 6 March 1948405,651 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 6, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.7% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
405,651 km252,060 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1948 is on Tuesday, February 24, 1948 at 17:16 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 10, 1948 at 21:15 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Saturday, March 6, 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.