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The Moon on Tuesday, March 1, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 61.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on March 1, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 1 March 1966375,695 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 1, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.6% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
375,695 km233,446 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1966 is on Monday, March 7, 1966 at 01:45 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 20, 1966 at 10:49 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 28, 196610:15
Full Moon (after)Monday, March 7, 196601:45

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Tuesday, March 1, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 20, 1966 to the new moon of March 22, 1966, a cycle of 29.75 days.