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The Moon on Friday, March 6, 1959: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on March 6, 1959Waning Crescent

Friday 6 March 1959385,630 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 6, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.1% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
385,630 km239,619 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1959 is on Monday, February 23, 1959 at 08:54 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 9, 1959 at 10:51 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Friday, March 6, 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.