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The Moon on Friday, March 4, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 41.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

6.7days

Moon phase on March 4, 1960Waxing Crescent

Friday 4 March 1960402,752 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 4, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.0% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
402,752 km250,258 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 1960 is on Sunday, March 13, 1960 at 08:26 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 26, 1960 at 18:24 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Friday, March 4, 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.