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The Moon on Tuesday, March 30, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 18.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on March 30, 1971Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 30 March 1971371,802 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 30, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.7% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
371,802 km231,027 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (0°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 30, 1971 is on Saturday, April 10, 1971 at 20:10 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 26, 1971 at 19:23 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, March 26, 197119:23
First Quarter (after)Friday, April 2, 197115:46

The Moon around March 30

More about this date

Tuesday, March 30, 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.