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The Moon on Sunday, March 2, 1958: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on March 2, 1958Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 2 March 1958370,378 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 2, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.1% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
370,378 km230,142 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 2, 1958 is on Wednesday, March 5, 1958 at 18:28 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 18, 1958 at 15:38 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 26, 195820:52
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 5, 195818:28

The Moon around March 2

More about this date

Sunday, March 2, 1958 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 1958 to the new moon of March 20, 1958, a cycle of 29.76 days.