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The Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 1951: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on March 6, 1951Waning Crescent

Tuesday 6 March 1951375,762 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 6, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.3% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
375,762 km233,488 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1951 is on Wednesday, February 21, 1951 at 21:12 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 7, 1951 at 20:51 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Tuesday, March 6, 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.