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The Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 1964: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on March 17, 1964Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 17 March 1964367,228 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 17, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.1% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
367,228 km228,185 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1964 is on Saturday, March 28, 1964 at 02:49 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 14, 1964 at 02:14 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Tuesday, March 17, 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.