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The Moon on Saturday, March 9, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

15.3days

Moon phase on March 9, 1974Waning Gibbous

Saturday 9 March 1974370,566 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 9, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
370,566 km230,259 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1974 is on Friday, March 8, 1974 at 10:03 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 23, 1974 at 21:24 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 8, 197410:03
Last Quarter (after)Friday, March 15, 197419:15

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Saturday, March 9, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 22, 1974 to the new moon of March 23, 1974, a cycle of 29.66 days.