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The Moon on Tuesday, March 8, 1966: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on March 8, 1966Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 8 March 1966361,377 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 8, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.8% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.8%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
361,377 km224,549 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1966 is on Monday, March 7, 1966 at 01:45 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 22, 1966 at 04:46 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, March 7, 196601:45
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 14, 196600:19

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Tuesday, March 8, 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.