Waxing · 4.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°
Moon age
1.7days
Moon phase on March 28, 1971Waxing Crescent
On Sunday, March 28, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.5% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
4.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
361,569 km224,668 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 28, 1971 is on Saturday, April 10, 1971 at 20:10 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 26, 1971 at 19:23 UTC, 2 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, March 26, 1971 | 19:23 |
| First Quarter (after) | Friday, April 2, 1971 | 15:46 |
The Moon around March 28
More about this date
Sunday, March 28, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 26, 1971 to the new moon of April 25, 1971, a cycle of 29.36 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 1971, or the whole moon calendar 1971.
- The same date one year apart: 1970 · 1972.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.