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The Moon on Friday, March 24, 1950: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 07°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on March 24, 1950Waxing Crescent

Friday 24 March 1950403,555 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 24, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.2% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
403,555 km250,757 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1950 is on Sunday, April 2, 1950 at 20:49 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 18, 1950 at 15:20 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 18, 195015:20
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 26, 195020:10

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Friday, March 24, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 18, 1950 to the new moon of April 17, 1950, a cycle of 29.71 days.