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The Moon on Friday, March 9, 1951: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 08°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on March 9, 1951Waxing Crescent

Friday 9 March 1951387,481 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 9, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
387,481 km240,769 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1951 is on Friday, March 23, 1951 at 10:50 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 7, 1951 at 20:51 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Friday, March 9, 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.