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Moon phases March 1978

Last quarter
Thu 02 Mar
08:34 UTC
New moon
Thu 09 Mar
02:36 UTC
First quarter
Thu 16 Mar
18:21 UTC
Full · Worm
Fri 24 Mar
16:20 UTC
Last quarter
Fri 31 Mar
15:11 UTC

In March 1978 the primary moon phases are the Last Quarter on Thursday, March 2 at 08:34 UTC, the New Moon on Thursday, March 9 at 02:36 UTC, the First Quarter on Thursday, March 16 at 18:21 UTC, the Full Moon on Friday, March 24 at 16:20 UTC and the Last Quarter on Friday, March 31 at 15:11 UTC. The full moon is the Worm Moon.

01 Waning Gibbous, 60% lit 60% 02Last Q Last Quarter, 49% lit 49%08:34 03 Waning Crescent, 37% lit 37% 04 Waning Crescent, 26% lit 26% 05 Waning Crescent, 17% lit 17% 06 Waning Crescent, 9% lit 9% 07 Waning Crescent, 3% lit 3% 08 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 09New New Moon, 0% lit 0%02:36 10 Waxing Crescent, 2% lit 2% 11 Waxing Crescent, 7% lit 7% 12 Waxing Crescent, 13% lit 13% 13 Waxing Crescent, 21% lit 21% 14 Waxing Crescent, 29% lit 29% 15 Waxing Crescent, 38% lit 38% 16First Q First Quarter, 48% lit 48%18:21 17 Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit 57% 18 Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit 66% 19 Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit 75% 20 Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit 83% 21 Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit 90% 22 Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit 95% 23 Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 24Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%16:20 25 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 26 Waning Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 27 Waning Gibbous, 91% lit 91% 28 Waning Gibbous, 83% lit 83% 29 Waning Gibbous, 74% lit 74% 30 Waning Gibbous, 63% lit 63% 31Last Q Last Quarter, 52% lit 52%15:11

Exact phase times

March 1978 has five primary moon phases: the Last Quarter on March 2, the New Moon on March 9, the First Quarter on March 16, the Full Moon on March 24 and the Last Quarter on March 31.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Last QuarterThursday, March 2, 197808:34
New MoonThursday, March 9, 197802:36
First QuarterThursday, March 16, 197818:21
Full MoonFriday, March 24, 197816:20
Last QuarterFriday, March 31, 197815:11

Friday, March 24, 1978: Worm Moon, 382,623 km from Earth. Total lunar eclipse

Full moons · 1978

Twelve full moons, one blue

24 Jan Wolf Micromoon 23 Feb Snow 24 Mar Worm total eclipse 23 Apr Pink 22 May Flower Blue moon 20 Jun Straw­berry Supermoon 20 Jul Buck Supermoon 18 Aug Sturgeon Supermoon 16 Sept Harvest total eclipse 16 Oct Hunter’s 14 Nov Beaver 14 Dec Cold