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The Moon on Saturday, March 19, 1960: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 59.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on March 19, 1960Waning Gibbous

Saturday 19 March 1960369,836 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 19, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.0% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
369,836 km229,806 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 1960 is on Sunday, March 13, 1960 at 08:26 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 27, 1960 at 07:37 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Saturday, March 19, 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.