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The Moon on Friday, March 16, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 57.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on March 16, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Friday 16 March 1951403,363 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 16, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.3% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
403,363 km250,638 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1951 is on Friday, March 23, 1951 at 10:50 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 7, 1951 at 20:51 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, March 15, 195117:40
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 23, 195110:50

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Friday, March 16, 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.