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The Moon on Thursday, March 12, 1964: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on March 12, 1964Waning Crescent

Thursday 12 March 1964380,852 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 12, 1964, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.2% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
380,852 km236,650 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1964 is on Thursday, February 27, 1964 at 12:39 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 14, 1964 at 02:14 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Thursday, March 12, 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.