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The Moon on Sunday, March 19, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on March 19, 1961Waxing Crescent

Sunday 19 March 1961378,058 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 19, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.5% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
378,058 km234,914 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 1961 is on Saturday, April 1, 1961 at 05:47 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 16, 1961 at 18:51 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Sunday, March 19, 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.