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The Moon on Sunday, March 18, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on March 18, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 18 March 1962405,596 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 18, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.1% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
405,596 km252,026 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1962 is on Wednesday, March 21, 1962 at 07:56 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 6, 1962 at 10:31 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Sunday, March 18, 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.