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The Moon on Sunday, March 12, 1961: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on March 12, 1961Waning Crescent

Sunday 12 March 1961365,911 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 12, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.1% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
365,911 km227,366 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1961 is on Thursday, March 2, 1961 at 13:35 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 16, 1961 at 18:51 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 10, 196102:57
New Moon (after)Thursday, March 16, 196118:51

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Sunday, March 12, 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.