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The Moon on Friday, March 24, 1961: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 53.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

First Quarter at

02:48UTC

Moon phase on March 24, 1961First Quarter

Friday 24 March 1961402,118 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 24, 1961, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.8% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
402,118 km249,864 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1961 is on Saturday, April 1, 1961 at 05:47 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 16, 1961 at 18:51 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 16, 196118:51
First Quarter (this day)Friday, March 24, 196102:48
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 1, 196105:47

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Friday, March 24, 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.