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The Moon on Thursday, March 9, 1950: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

20.5days

Moon phase on March 9, 1950Waning Gibbous

Thursday 9 March 1950368,165 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 9, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.1% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
368,165 km228,767 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1950 is on Saturday, March 4, 1950 at 10:34 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 18, 1950 at 15:20 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, March 4, 195010:34
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, March 11, 195002:38

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Thursday, March 9, 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.