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The Moon on Sunday, March 16, 1975: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 11.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on March 16, 1975Waxing Crescent

Sunday 16 March 1975397,737 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 16, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.2% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
397,737 km247,142 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1975 is on Thursday, March 27, 1975 at 10:36 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 12, 1975 at 23:48 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 12, 197523:48
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 20, 197520:05

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Sunday, March 16, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 12, 1975 to the new moon of April 11, 1975, a cycle of 29.70 days.