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The Moon on Tuesday, March 13, 1962: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

First Quarter at

04:39UTC

Moon phase on March 13, 1962First Quarter

Tuesday 13 March 1962389,170 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 13, 1962, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.3% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
389,170 km241,819 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 1962 is on Wednesday, March 21, 1962 at 07:56 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 6, 1962 at 10:31 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, March 6, 196210:31
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, March 13, 196204:39
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 21, 196207:56

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Tuesday, March 13, 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.