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The Moon on Thursday, March 3, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 31.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on March 3, 1960Waxing Crescent

Thursday 3 March 1960400,097 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 3, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.8% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
400,097 km248,609 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 3, 1960 is on Sunday, March 13, 1960 at 08:26 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 26, 1960 at 18:24 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 26, 196018:24
First Quarter (after)Saturday, March 5, 196011:06

The Moon around March 3

More about this date

Thursday, March 3, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 26, 1960 to the new moon of March 27, 1960, a cycle of 29.55 days.