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The Moon on Saturday, March 30, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 43.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Moon age

6.6days

Moon phase on March 30, 1974Waxing Crescent

Saturday 30 March 1974371,542 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 30, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.6% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
371,542 km230,865 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 30, 1974 is on Saturday, April 6, 1974 at 21:00 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 23, 1974 at 21:24 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 30

More about this date

Saturday, March 30, 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.