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The Moon on Monday, March 31, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 32.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on March 31, 1952Waxing Crescent

Monday 31 March 1952397,758 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 31, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.5% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
397,758 km247,155 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 1952 is on Thursday, April 10, 1952 at 08:53 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 25, 1952 at 20:13 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Monday, March 31, 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.