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The Moon on Tuesday, March 1, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on March 1, 1949Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 1 March 1949406,421 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 1, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
406,421 km252,538 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1949 is on Monday, March 14, 1949 at 19:03 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 27, 1949 at 20:55 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 27, 194920:55
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 8, 194900:42

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Tuesday, March 1, 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.