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The Moon on Monday, March 22, 1976: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 53.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°

Last Quarter at

18:55UTC

Moon phase on March 22, 1976Last Quarter

Monday 22 March 1976379,998 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 22, 1976, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.2% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
379,998 km236,120 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (28°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 1976 is on Tuesday, March 16, 1976 at 02:53 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 30, 1976 at 17:08 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, March 16, 197602:53
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, March 22, 197618:55
New Moon (after)Tuesday, March 30, 197617:08

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Monday, March 22, 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.