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The Moon on Thursday, March 24, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 29°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on March 24, 1966Waxing Crescent

Thursday 24 March 1966396,732 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 24, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.1% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
396,732 km246,518 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (29°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1966 is on Tuesday, April 5, 1966 at 11:13 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 22, 1966 at 04:46 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, March 22, 196604:46
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 29, 196620:43

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Thursday, March 24, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 22, 1966 to the new moon of April 20, 1966, a cycle of 29.66 days.