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The Moon on Friday, March 16, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on March 16, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Friday 16 March 1962401,778 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 16, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.6% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
401,778 km249,653 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1962 is on Wednesday, March 21, 1962 at 07:56 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 6, 1962 at 10:31 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 13, 196204:39
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 21, 196207:56

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Friday, March 16, 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.