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The Moon on Saturday, March 24, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on March 24, 1951Waning Gibbous

Saturday 24 March 1951371,714 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 24, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
371,714 km230,973 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1951 is on Friday, March 23, 1951 at 10:50 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 6, 1951 at 10:52 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 23, 195110:50
Last Quarter (after)Friday, March 30, 195105:35

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Saturday, March 24, 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.