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The Moon on Monday, March 19, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on March 19, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Monday 19 March 1962406,250 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 19, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.0% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
406,250 km252,432 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 1962 is on Wednesday, March 21, 1962 at 07:56 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 6, 1962 at 10:31 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Monday, March 19, 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.