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The Moon on Friday, March 4, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on March 4, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Friday 4 March 1966360,811 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 4, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.0% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
360,811 km224,198 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 1966 is on Monday, March 7, 1966 at 01:45 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 20, 1966 at 10:49 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Friday, March 4, 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.