Skip to content
The Moon on Sunday, March 11, 1962: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 32.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on March 11, 1962Waxing Crescent

Sunday 11 March 1962377,290 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 11, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.4% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
377,290 km234,437 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (30°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 11, 1962 is on Wednesday, March 21, 1962 at 07:56 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 6, 1962 at 10:31 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 11

More about this date

Sunday, March 11, 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.