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The Moon on Monday, March 7, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 68.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on March 7, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Monday 7 March 1960403,134 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 7, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.9% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
403,134 km250,496 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 7, 1960 is on Sunday, March 13, 1960 at 08:26 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 26, 1960 at 18:24 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, March 5, 196011:06
Full Moon (after)Sunday, March 13, 196008:26

The Moon around March 7

More about this date

Monday, March 7, 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.