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The Moon on Wednesday, March 3, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on March 3, 1976Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 3 March 1976405,801 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 3, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.8% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
405,801 km252,153 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 3, 1976 is on Tuesday, March 16, 1976 at 02:53 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 29, 1976 at 23:25 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 29, 197623:25
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 9, 197604:38

The Moon around March 3

More about this date

Wednesday, March 3, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 29, 1976 to the new moon of March 30, 1976, a cycle of 29.74 days.