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The Moon on Sunday, March 4, 1973: Waning Crescent, 0% lit

Waning · 0.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

29.1days

Moon phase on March 4, 1973Waning Crescent

Sunday 4 March 1973382,004 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 4, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 29.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
29.1 dMoon age
382,004 km237,366 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 1973 is on Sunday, March 18, 1973 at 23:34 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 5, 1973 at 00:08 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, February 25, 197303:10
New Moon (after)Monday, March 5, 197300:08

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Sunday, March 4, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 3, 1973 to the new moon of March 5, 1973, a cycle of 29.61 days.