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The Moon on Tuesday, March 22, 1960: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on March 22, 1960Waning Crescent

Tuesday 22 March 1960372,297 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 22, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.8% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
372,297 km231,335 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 1960 is on Sunday, March 13, 1960 at 08:26 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 27, 1960 at 07:37 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, March 20, 196006:41
New Moon (after)Sunday, March 27, 196007:37

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Tuesday, March 22, 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.