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The Moon on Wednesday, March 1, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on March 1, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 1 March 1950379,983 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 1, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.1% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
379,983 km236,110 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1950 is on Saturday, March 4, 1950 at 10:34 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 16, 1950 at 22:53 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, February 25, 195001:52
Full Moon (after)Saturday, March 4, 195010:34

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Wednesday, March 1, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 16, 1950 to the new moon of March 18, 1950, a cycle of 29.69 days.