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The Moon on Thursday, March 8, 1951: Waxing Crescent, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

0.6days

Moon phase on March 8, 1951Waxing Crescent

Thursday 8 March 1951383,126 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 8, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 0.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
0.6 dMoon age
383,126 km238,063 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1951 is on Wednesday, February 21, 1951 at 21:12 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 7, 1951 at 20:51 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 7, 195120:51
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 15, 195117:40

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Thursday, March 8, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 7, 1951 to the new moon of April 6, 1951, a cycle of 29.58 days.