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The Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on March 20, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 20 March 1962406,175 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 20, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
406,175 km252,386 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1962 is on Wednesday, March 21, 1962 at 07:56 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 6, 1962 at 10:31 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Tuesday, March 20, 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.