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The Moon on Thursday, March 28, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on March 28, 1974Waxing Crescent

Thursday 28 March 1974375,912 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 28, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.7% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
375,912 km233,581 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 1974 is on Saturday, April 6, 1974 at 21:00 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 23, 1974 at 21:24 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 23, 197421:24
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 31, 197401:44

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Thursday, March 28, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 23, 1974 to the new moon of April 22, 1974, a cycle of 29.54 days.