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The Moon on Thursday, March 2, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on March 2, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 2 March 1950374,485 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 2, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.0% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
374,485 km232,694 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 2, 1950 is on Saturday, March 4, 1950 at 10:34 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 16, 1950 at 22:53 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 2

More about this date

Thursday, March 2, 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.