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The Moon on Friday, March 17, 1967: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 32.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on March 17, 1967Waxing Crescent

Friday 17 March 1967397,849 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 17, 1967, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.0% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
397,849 km247,212 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1967 is on Sunday, March 26, 1967 at 03:21 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 11, 1967 at 04:30 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Friday, March 17, 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.