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The Moon on Saturday, March 8, 1975: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on March 8, 1975Waning Crescent

Saturday 8 March 1975403,573 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 8, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.3% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
403,573 km250,769 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1975 is on Wednesday, February 26, 1975 at 01:15 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 12, 1975 at 23:48 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 4, 197520:20
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 12, 197523:48

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Saturday, March 8, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 11, 1975 to the new moon of March 12, 1975, a cycle of 29.77 days.