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The Moon on Wednesday, March 22, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 34.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on March 22, 1961Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 22 March 1961394,613 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 22, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.6% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
394,613 km245,201 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 1961 is on Saturday, April 1, 1961 at 05:47 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 16, 1961 at 18:51 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Wednesday, March 22, 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.