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The Moon on Tuesday, March 31, 1959: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 49.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Last Quarter at

11:07UTC

Moon phase on March 31, 1959Last Quarter

Tuesday 31 March 1959376,318 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 31, 1959, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.7% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
376,318 km233,833 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 1959 is on Tuesday, March 24, 1959 at 20:03 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 8, 1959 at 03:29 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, March 24, 195920:03
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, March 31, 195911:07
New Moon (after)Wednesday, April 8, 195903:29

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Tuesday, March 31, 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.