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The Moon on Saturday, March 29, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on March 29, 1952Waxing Crescent

Saturday 29 March 1952388,384 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 29, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.5% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
388,384 km241,331 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 29, 1952 is on Thursday, April 10, 1952 at 08:53 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 25, 1952 at 20:13 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, March 25, 195220:13
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 2, 195208:49

The Moon around March 29

More about this date

Saturday, March 29, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 25, 1952 to the new moon of April 24, 1952, a cycle of 29.47 days.