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The Moon on Friday, March 11, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on March 11, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Friday 11 March 1960389,267 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 11, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.2% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
389,267 km241,879 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 11, 1960 is on Sunday, March 13, 1960 at 08:26 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 26, 1960 at 18:24 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 11

More about this date

Friday, March 11, 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.