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The Moon on Friday, March 18, 1960: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 70.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on March 18, 1960Waning Gibbous

Friday 18 March 1960370,002 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 18, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.0% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
370,002 km229,908 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1960 is on Sunday, March 13, 1960 at 08:26 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 27, 1960 at 07:37 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Friday, March 18, 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.