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The Moon on Saturday, March 6, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on March 6, 1976Waxing Crescent

Saturday 6 March 1976403,381 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 6, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.1% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
403,381 km250,649 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1976 is on Tuesday, March 16, 1976 at 02:53 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 29, 1976 at 23:25 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Saturday, March 6, 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.