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The Moon on Thursday, March 21, 1974: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on March 21, 1974Waning Crescent

Thursday 21 March 1974398,822 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 21, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.9% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
398,822 km247,817 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (3°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 1974 is on Friday, March 8, 1974 at 10:03 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 23, 1974 at 21:24 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 15, 197419:15
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 23, 197421:24

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Thursday, March 21, 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.