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The Moon on Friday, March 9, 1962: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 13.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on March 9, 1962Waxing Crescent

Friday 9 March 1962365,611 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 9, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.6% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
365,611 km227,180 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1962 is on Wednesday, March 21, 1962 at 07:56 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 6, 1962 at 10:31 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Friday, March 9, 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.