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The Moon on Monday, March 17, 1952: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 67.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on March 17, 1952Waning Gibbous

Monday 17 March 1952377,057 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 17, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 67.7% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

67.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
377,057 km234,293 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1952 is on Tuesday, March 11, 1952 at 18:14 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 25, 1952 at 20:13 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Monday, March 17, 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.