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The Moon on Wednesday, March 13, 1957: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on March 13, 1957Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 13 March 1957360,787 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 13, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.0% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
360,787 km224,182 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 1957 is on Saturday, March 16, 1957 at 02:22 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 1, 1957 at 16:13 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Wednesday, March 13, 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.