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The Moon on Thursday, March 3, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on March 3, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 3 March 1966364,923 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 3, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.9% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
364,923 km226,753 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 3, 1966 is on Monday, March 7, 1966 at 01:45 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 20, 1966 at 10:49 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 3

More about this date

Thursday, March 3, 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.