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The Moon on Saturday, March 9, 1957: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

First Quarter at

11:50UTC

Moon phase on March 9, 1957First Quarter

Saturday 9 March 1957377,988 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 9, 1957, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.2% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
377,988 km234,871 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1957 is on Saturday, March 16, 1957 at 02:22 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 1, 1957 at 16:13 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, March 1, 195716:13
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, March 9, 195711:50
Full Moon (after)Saturday, March 16, 195702:22

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Saturday, March 9, 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.