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The Moon on Thursday, March 6, 1952: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 76.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on March 6, 1952Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 6 March 1952405,188 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 6, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.6% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
405,188 km251,772 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1952 is on Tuesday, March 11, 1952 at 18:14 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 25, 1952 at 09:16 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, March 3, 195213:44
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 11, 195218:14

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Thursday, March 6, 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.