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The Moon on Monday, March 9, 1959: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

New Moon at

10:51UTC

Moon phase on March 9, 1959New Moon

Monday 9 March 1959395,532 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 9, 1959, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.0% of its visible face lit, 29.7 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.0%Illumination at noon UTC
29.7 dMoon age
395,532 km245,772 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1959 is on Monday, February 23, 1959 at 08:54 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 9, 1959 at 10:51 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, March 2, 195902:54
New Moon (this day)Monday, March 9, 195910:51
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 17, 195915:10

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Monday, March 9, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 9, 1959 to the new moon of April 8, 1959, a cycle of 29.69 days.