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The Moon on Monday, March 21, 1966: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

29.0days

Moon phase on March 21, 1966Waning Crescent

Monday 21 March 1966404,074 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 21, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
404,074 km251,080 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 1966 is on Monday, March 7, 1966 at 01:45 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 22, 1966 at 04:46 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Monday, March 21, 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.