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The Moon on Saturday, March 16, 1963: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 69.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on March 16, 1963Waning Gibbous

Saturday 16 March 1963402,192 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 16, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.1% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
402,192 km249,911 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1963 is on Sunday, March 10, 1963 at 07:49 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 25, 1963 at 12:10 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, March 10, 196307:49
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 18, 196312:08

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Saturday, March 16, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 24, 1963 to the new moon of March 25, 1963, a cycle of 29.42 days.