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The Moon on Saturday, March 12, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

14.7days

Moon phase on March 12, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 12 March 1960384,918 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 12, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
384,918 km239,177 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1960 is on Sunday, March 13, 1960 at 08:26 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 26, 1960 at 18:24 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Saturday, March 12, 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.