Waxing · 58.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°
Moon age
9.0days
Moon phase on March 18, 1959Waxing Gibbous
On Wednesday, March 18, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.6% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
58.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
395,245 km245,594 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 18, 1959 is on Tuesday, March 24, 1959 at 20:03 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 9, 1959 at 10:51 UTC, 9 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Tuesday, March 17, 1959 | 15:10 |
| Full Moon (after) | Tuesday, March 24, 1959 | 20:03 |
The Moon around March 18
More about this date
Wednesday, March 18, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 1959, or the whole moon calendar 1959.
- The same date one year apart: 1958 · 1960.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.