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The Moon on Monday, March 26, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on March 26, 1951Waning Gibbous

Monday 26 March 1951368,039 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 26, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.2% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
368,039 km228,689 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1951 is on Friday, March 23, 1951 at 10:50 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 6, 1951 at 10:52 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Monday, March 26, 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.