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The Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 1965: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on March 16, 1965Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 16 March 1965368,669 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 16, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
368,669 km229,080 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1965 is on Wednesday, March 17, 1965 at 11:24 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 3, 1965 at 09:56 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Tuesday, March 16, 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.