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The Moon on Thursday, March 8, 1973: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on March 8, 1973Waxing Crescent

Thursday 8 March 1973370,763 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 8, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.0% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
370,763 km230,381 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1973 is on Sunday, March 18, 1973 at 23:34 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 5, 1973 at 00:08 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 5, 197300:08
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 11, 197321:26

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Thursday, March 8, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 5, 1973 to the new moon of April 3, 1973, a cycle of 29.48 days.