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The Moon on Wednesday, March 4, 1959: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 24.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on March 4, 1959Waning Crescent

Wednesday 4 March 1959379,115 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 4, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.9% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
379,115 km235,571 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 1959 is on Monday, February 23, 1959 at 08:54 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 9, 1959 at 10:51 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, March 2, 195902:54
New Moon (after)Monday, March 9, 195910:51

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Wednesday, March 4, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 7, 1959 to the new moon of March 9, 1959, a cycle of 29.65 days.