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The Moon on Friday, March 17, 1950: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on March 17, 1950Waning Crescent

Friday 17 March 1950397,116 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 17, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
397,116 km246,756 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1950 is on Saturday, March 4, 1950 at 10:34 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 18, 1950 at 15:20 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, March 11, 195002:38
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 18, 195015:20

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Friday, March 17, 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.