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The Moon on Saturday, March 12, 1966: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 65.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 03°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on March 12, 1966Waning Gibbous

Saturday 12 March 1966384,174 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 12, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.4% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
384,174 km238,715 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1966 is on Monday, March 7, 1966 at 01:45 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 22, 1966 at 04:46 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Saturday, March 12, 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.