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The Moon on Monday, March 8, 1965: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on March 8, 1965Waxing Crescent

Monday 8 March 1965378,319 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 8, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.2% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
378,319 km235,076 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1965 is on Wednesday, March 17, 1965 at 11:24 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 3, 1965 at 09:56 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Monday, March 8, 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.