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The Moon on Friday, March 20, 1964: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

First Quarter at

20:39UTC

Moon phase on March 20, 1964First Quarter

Friday 20 March 1964370,447 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 20, 1964, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.0% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
370,447 km230,185 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1964 is on Saturday, March 28, 1964 at 02:49 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 14, 1964 at 02:14 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 14, 196402:14
First Quarter (this day)Friday, March 20, 196420:39
Full Moon (after)Saturday, March 28, 196402:49

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Friday, March 20, 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.