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The Moon on Monday, March 20, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 16.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 17°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on March 20, 1961Waxing Crescent

Monday 20 March 1961383,806 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 20, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.8% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
383,806 km238,486 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1961 is on Saturday, April 1, 1961 at 05:47 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 16, 1961 at 18:51 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Monday, March 20, 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.