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The Moon on Thursday, March 31, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on March 31, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 31 March 1966368,346 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 31, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.2% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
368,346 km228,880 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 1966 is on Tuesday, April 5, 1966 at 11:13 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 22, 1966 at 04:46 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 29, 196620:43
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 5, 196611:13

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Thursday, March 31, 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.