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The Moon on Tuesday, March 15, 1966: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on March 15, 1966Waning Crescent

Tuesday 15 March 1966399,698 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 15, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.7% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
399,698 km248,361 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1966 is on Monday, March 7, 1966 at 01:45 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 22, 1966 at 04:46 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, March 14, 196600:19
New Moon (after)Tuesday, March 22, 196604:46

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Tuesday, March 15, 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.