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The Moon on Sunday, March 2, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on March 2, 1952Waxing Crescent

Sunday 2 March 1952393,706 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 2, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.6% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
393,706 km244,637 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (30°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 2, 1952 is on Tuesday, March 11, 1952 at 18:14 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 25, 1952 at 09:16 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 2

More about this date

Sunday, March 2, 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.