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The Moon on Saturday, March 1, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 29.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on March 1, 1952Waxing Crescent

Saturday 1 March 1952388,264 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 1, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.9% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
388,264 km241,256 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1952 is on Tuesday, March 11, 1952 at 18:14 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 25, 1952 at 09:16 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, February 25, 195209:16
First Quarter (after)Monday, March 3, 195213:44

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Saturday, March 1, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 25, 1952 to the new moon of March 25, 1952, a cycle of 29.46 days.