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The Moon on Saturday, March 20, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 74.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on March 20, 1976Waning Gibbous

Saturday 20 March 1976368,848 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 20, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.4% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
368,848 km229,192 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1976 is on Tuesday, March 16, 1976 at 02:53 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 30, 1976 at 17:08 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, March 16, 197602:53
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 22, 197618:55

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Saturday, March 20, 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.