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The Moon on Sunday, March 20, 1960: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 47.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Last Quarter at

06:41UTC

Moon phase on March 20, 1960Last Quarter

Sunday 20 March 1960370,185 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 20, 1960, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 47.6% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

47.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
370,185 km230,022 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1960 is on Sunday, March 13, 1960 at 08:26 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 27, 1960 at 07:37 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, March 13, 196008:26
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, March 20, 196006:41
New Moon (after)Sunday, March 27, 196007:37

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Sunday, March 20, 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.