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The Moon on Sunday, March 8, 1964: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 30.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on March 8, 1964Waning Crescent

Sunday 8 March 1964399,259 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 8, 1964, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.8% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
399,259 km248,088 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1964 is on Thursday, February 27, 1964 at 12:39 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 14, 1964 at 02:14 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 6, 196410:00
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 14, 196402:14

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Sunday, March 8, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 13, 1964 to the new moon of March 14, 1964, a cycle of 29.55 days.