Waxing · 72.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°
Moon age
9.1days
Moon phase on March 15, 1962Waxing Gibbous
On Thursday, March 15, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.4% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.
72.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
398,484 km247,606 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 15, 1962 is on Wednesday, March 21, 1962 at 07:56 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 6, 1962 at 10:31 UTC, 9 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Tuesday, March 13, 1962 | 04:39 |
| Full Moon (after) | Wednesday, March 21, 1962 | 07:56 |
The Moon around March 15
More about this date
Thursday, March 15, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 1962, or the whole moon calendar 1962.
- The same date one year apart: 1961 · 1963.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.