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The Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on March 9, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 9 March 1960397,534 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 9, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.0% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
397,534 km247,016 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1960 is on Sunday, March 13, 1960 at 08:26 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 26, 1960 at 18:24 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Wednesday, March 9, 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.