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The Moon on Wednesday, March 23, 1960: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on March 23, 1960Waning Crescent

Wednesday 23 March 1960374,084 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 23, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.6% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
374,084 km232,445 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1960 is on Sunday, March 13, 1960 at 08:26 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 27, 1960 at 07:37 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Wednesday, March 23, 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.