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The Moon on Tuesday, March 15, 1960: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on March 15, 1960Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 15 March 1960374,346 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 15, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.5% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
374,346 km232,608 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1960 is on Sunday, March 13, 1960 at 08:26 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 27, 1960 at 07:37 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, March 13, 196008:26
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, March 20, 196006:41

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Tuesday, March 15, 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.