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The Moon on Thursday, March 22, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

14.6days

Moon phase on March 22, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 22 March 1951379,240 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 22, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
379,240 km235,649 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 1951 is on Friday, March 23, 1951 at 10:50 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 7, 1951 at 20:51 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Thursday, March 22, 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.