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The Moon on Thursday, March 17, 1966: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 18.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on March 17, 1966Waning Crescent

Thursday 17 March 1966405,033 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 17, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.9% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
405,033 km251,676 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1966 is on Monday, March 7, 1966 at 01:45 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 22, 1966 at 04:46 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Thursday, March 17, 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.