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The Moon on Thursday, March 1, 1951: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on March 1, 1951Waning Crescent

Thursday 1 March 1951369,922 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 1, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.9% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
369,922 km229,859 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1951 is on Wednesday, February 21, 1951 at 21:12 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 7, 1951 at 20:51 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 28, 195123:00
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 7, 195120:51

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Thursday, March 1, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 6, 1951 to the new moon of March 7, 1951, a cycle of 29.54 days.