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The Moon on Saturday, March 31, 1962: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on March 31, 1962Waning Crescent

Saturday 31 March 1962367,641 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 31, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.2% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
367,641 km228,441 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 1962 is on Wednesday, March 21, 1962 at 07:56 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 4, 1962 at 19:45 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, March 29, 196204:11
New Moon (after)Wednesday, April 4, 196219:45

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Saturday, March 31, 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.