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The Moon on Saturday, March 6, 1965: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on March 6, 1965Waxing Crescent

Saturday 6 March 1965384,787 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 6, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.0% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
384,787 km239,096 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1965 is on Wednesday, March 17, 1965 at 11:24 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 3, 1965 at 09:56 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 3, 196509:56
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 10, 196517:52

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Saturday, March 6, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 3, 1965 to the new moon of April 2, 1965, a cycle of 29.60 days.