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The Moon on Saturday, March 26, 1960: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on March 26, 1960Waning Crescent

Saturday 26 March 1960382,627 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 26, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
382,627 km237,753 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1960 is on Sunday, March 13, 1960 at 08:26 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 27, 1960 at 07:37 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Saturday, March 26, 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.