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The Moon on Thursday, March 24, 1960: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on March 24, 1960Waning Crescent

Thursday 24 March 1960376,402 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 24, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.1% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
376,402 km233,885 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1960 is on Sunday, March 13, 1960 at 08:26 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 27, 1960 at 07:37 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Thursday, March 24, 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.