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The Moon on Sunday, March 9, 1952: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on March 9, 1952Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 9 March 1952402,238 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 9, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.2% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
402,238 km249,939 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1952 is on Tuesday, March 11, 1952 at 18:14 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 25, 1952 at 09:16 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Sunday, March 9, 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.