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The Moon on Saturday, March 26, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on March 26, 1966Waxing Crescent

Saturday 26 March 1966389,783 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 26, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.2% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
389,783 km242,200 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1966 is on Tuesday, April 5, 1966 at 11:13 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 22, 1966 at 04:46 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Saturday, March 26, 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.