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The Moon on Saturday, March 14, 1959: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on March 14, 1959Waxing Crescent

Saturday 14 March 1959405,191 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 14, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.0% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
405,191 km251,774 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 14, 1959 is on Tuesday, March 24, 1959 at 20:03 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 9, 1959 at 10:51 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 9, 195910:51
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 17, 195915:10

The Moon around March 14

More about this date

Saturday, March 14, 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.