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The Moon on Saturday, March 15, 1952: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on March 15, 1952Waning Gibbous

Saturday 15 March 1952383,664 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 15, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.7% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
383,664 km238,398 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1952 is on Tuesday, March 11, 1952 at 18:14 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 25, 1952 at 20:13 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Saturday, March 15, 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.