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The Moon on Saturday, March 8, 1952: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on March 8, 1952Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 8 March 1952404,099 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 8, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.3% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
404,099 km251,095 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1952 is on Tuesday, March 11, 1952 at 18:14 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 25, 1952 at 09:16 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Saturday, March 8, 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.