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The Moon on Monday, March 16, 1964: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on March 16, 1964Waxing Crescent

Monday 16 March 1964367,887 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 16, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.8% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
367,887 km228,594 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1964 is on Saturday, March 28, 1964 at 02:49 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 14, 1964 at 02:14 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 14, 196402:14
First Quarter (after)Friday, March 20, 196420:39

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Monday, March 16, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 14, 1964 to the new moon of April 12, 1964, a cycle of 29.43 days.