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The Moon on Friday, March 3, 1961: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on March 3, 1961Waning Gibbous

Friday 3 March 1961398,283 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 3, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
398,283 km247,481 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 3, 1961 is on Thursday, March 2, 1961 at 13:35 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 16, 1961 at 18:51 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, March 2, 196113:35
Last Quarter (after)Friday, March 10, 196102:57

The Moon around March 3

More about this date

Friday, March 3, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 1961 to the new moon of March 16, 1961, a cycle of 29.44 days.