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The Moon on Friday, March 2, 1951: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 32.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on March 2, 1951Waning Crescent

Friday 2 March 1951369,767 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 2, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.8% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
369,767 km229,762 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 2, 1951 is on Wednesday, February 21, 1951 at 21:12 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 7, 1951 at 20:51 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around March 2

More about this date

Friday, March 2, 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.