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The Moon on Wednesday, March 7, 1962: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on March 7, 1962Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 7 March 1962358,039 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 7, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
358,039 km222,475 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 7, 1962 is on Wednesday, March 21, 1962 at 07:56 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 6, 1962 at 10:31 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, March 6, 196210:31
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 13, 196204:39

The Moon around March 7

More about this date

Wednesday, March 7, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 6, 1962 to the new moon of April 4, 1962, a cycle of 29.38 days.