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The Moon on Saturday, March 2, 1957: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on March 2, 1957Waxing Crescent

Saturday 2 March 1957403,788 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 2, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
403,788 km250,902 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 2, 1957 is on Saturday, March 16, 1957 at 02:22 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 1, 1957 at 16:13 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, March 1, 195716:13
First Quarter (after)Saturday, March 9, 195711:50

The Moon around March 2

More about this date

Saturday, March 2, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 1, 1957 to the new moon of March 31, 1957, a cycle of 29.71 days.