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The Moon on Monday, March 23, 1959: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on March 23, 1959Waxing Gibbous

Monday 23 March 1959367,471 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 23, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
367,471 km228,336 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1959 is on Tuesday, March 24, 1959 at 20:03 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 9, 1959 at 10:51 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 17, 195915:10
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 24, 195920:03

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Monday, March 23, 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.