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The Moon on Saturday, March 18, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on March 18, 1961Waxing Crescent

Saturday 18 March 1961372,684 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 18, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
372,684 km231,575 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1961 is on Saturday, April 1, 1961 at 05:47 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 16, 1961 at 18:51 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 16, 196118:51
First Quarter (after)Friday, March 24, 196102:48

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Saturday, March 18, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 16, 1961 to the new moon of April 15, 1961, a cycle of 29.45 days.