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The Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 22°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on March 20, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 20 March 1951388,875 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 20, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.2% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
388,875 km241,635 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1951 is on Friday, March 23, 1951 at 10:50 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 7, 1951 at 20:51 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Tuesday, March 20, 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.