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The Moon on Thursday, March 31, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on March 31, 1960Waxing Crescent

Thursday 31 March 1960401,049 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 31, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.0% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
401,049 km249,200 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 1960 is on Monday, April 11, 1960 at 20:27 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 27, 1960 at 07:37 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Thursday, March 31, 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.