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The Moon on Friday, March 29, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 32.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on March 29, 1974Waxing Crescent

Friday 29 March 1974373,557 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 29, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.7% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
373,557 km232,118 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 29, 1974 is on Saturday, April 6, 1974 at 21:00 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 23, 1974 at 21:24 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 29

More about this date

Friday, March 29, 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.