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The Moon on Thursday, March 16, 1967: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on March 16, 1967Waxing Crescent

Thursday 16 March 1967401,394 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 16, 1967, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.3% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
401,394 km249,415 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1967 is on Sunday, March 26, 1967 at 03:21 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 11, 1967 at 04:30 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 11, 196704:30
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 19, 196708:31

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Thursday, March 16, 1967 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 11, 1967 to the new moon of April 9, 1967, a cycle of 29.74 days.