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The Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 1966: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 91.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on March 9, 1966Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 9 March 1966365,913 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 9, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.5% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
365,913 km227,368 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1966 is on Monday, March 7, 1966 at 01:45 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 22, 1966 at 04:46 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Wednesday, March 9, 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.