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The Moon on Friday, March 26, 1971: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

New Moon at

19:23UTC

Moon phase on March 26, 1971New Moon

Friday 26 March 1971357,289 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 26, 1971, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.1 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.1 dMoon age
357,289 km222,009 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1971 is on Friday, March 12, 1971 at 02:34 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 26, 1971 at 19:23 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, March 20, 197102:30
New Moon (this day)Friday, March 26, 197119:23
First Quarter (after)Friday, April 2, 197115:46

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Friday, March 26, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 25, 1971 to the new moon of March 26, 1971, a cycle of 29.40 days.