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The Moon on Monday, March 26, 1973: Last Quarter, 55% lit

Waning · 54.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Last Quarter at

23:46UTC

Moon phase on March 26, 1973Last Quarter

Monday 26 March 1973403,570 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 26, 1973, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.8% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
403,570 km250,767 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (0°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1973 is on Sunday, March 18, 1973 at 23:34 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 3, 1973 at 11:45 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, March 18, 197323:34
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, March 26, 197323:46
New Moon (after)Tuesday, April 3, 197311:45

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Monday, March 26, 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.