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The Moon on Monday, March 12, 1951: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on March 12, 1951Waxing Crescent

Monday 12 March 1951399,678 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 12, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.1% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
399,678 km248,348 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1951 is on Friday, March 23, 1951 at 10:50 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 7, 1951 at 20:51 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Monday, March 12, 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.