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The Moon on Sunday, March 21, 1965: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 82.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on March 21, 1965Waning Gibbous

Sunday 21 March 1965391,068 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 21, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.1% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
391,068 km242,999 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 1965 is on Wednesday, March 17, 1965 at 11:24 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 2, 1965 at 00:21 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, March 17, 196511:24
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, March 25, 196501:37

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Sunday, March 21, 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.