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The Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 1952: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on March 12, 1952Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 12 March 1952393,680 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 12, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
393,680 km244,622 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (0°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1952 is on Tuesday, March 11, 1952 at 18:14 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 25, 1952 at 20:13 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, March 11, 195218:14
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 19, 195202:40

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Wednesday, March 12, 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.