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The Moon on Tuesday, March 12, 1957: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on March 12, 1957Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 12 March 1957363,858 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 12, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.7% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
363,858 km226,091 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1957 is on Saturday, March 16, 1957 at 02:22 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 1, 1957 at 16:13 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, March 9, 195711:50
Full Moon (after)Saturday, March 16, 195702:22

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Tuesday, March 12, 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.