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The Moon on Thursday, March 29, 1973: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 26.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on March 29, 1973Waning Crescent

Thursday 29 March 1973393,969 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 29, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.7% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
393,969 km244,801 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 29, 1973 is on Sunday, March 18, 1973 at 23:34 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 3, 1973 at 11:45 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, March 26, 197323:46
New Moon (after)Tuesday, April 3, 197311:45

The Moon around March 29

More about this date

Thursday, March 29, 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.