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The Moon on Saturday, March 31, 1951: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on March 31, 1951Waning Crescent

Saturday 31 March 1951373,394 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 31, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.9% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
373,394 km232,016 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 1951 is on Friday, March 23, 1951 at 10:50 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 6, 1951 at 10:52 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 30, 195105:35
New Moon (after)Friday, April 6, 195110:52

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Saturday, March 31, 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.