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The Moon on Tuesday, March 14, 1961: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on March 14, 1961Waning Crescent

Tuesday 14 March 1961362,543 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 14, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.3% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
362,543 km225,274 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 14, 1961 is on Thursday, March 2, 1961 at 13:35 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 16, 1961 at 18:51 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around March 14

More about this date

Tuesday, March 14, 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.