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The Moon on Sunday, March 6, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on March 6, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 6 March 1966357,316 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 6, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
357,316 km222,026 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1966 is on Monday, March 7, 1966 at 01:45 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 20, 1966 at 10:49 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Sunday, March 6, 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.