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The Moon on Friday, March 12, 1965: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 69.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on March 12, 1965Waxing Gibbous

Friday 12 March 1965367,764 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 12, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.7% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
367,764 km228,518 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1965 is on Wednesday, March 17, 1965 at 11:24 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 3, 1965 at 09:56 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 10, 196517:52
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 17, 196511:24

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Friday, March 12, 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.