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The Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on March 2, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 2 March 1966370,046 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 2, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.2% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
370,046 km229,936 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 2, 1966 is on Monday, March 7, 1966 at 01:45 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 20, 1966 at 10:49 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 2

More about this date

Wednesday, March 2, 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.