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The Moon on Monday, March 28, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on March 28, 1960Waxing Crescent

Monday 28 March 1960390,367 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 28, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
390,367 km242,562 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 1960 is on Monday, April 11, 1960 at 20:27 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 27, 1960 at 07:37 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, March 27, 196007:37
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 4, 196007:05

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Monday, March 28, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 27, 1960 to the new moon of April 25, 1960, a cycle of 29.59 days.