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The Moon on Saturday, March 7, 1959: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on March 7, 1959Waning Crescent

Saturday 7 March 1959388,957 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 7, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
388,957 km241,686 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 7, 1959 is on Monday, February 23, 1959 at 08:54 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 9, 1959 at 10:51 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around March 7

More about this date

Saturday, March 7, 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.