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The Moon on Saturday, March 27, 1976: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on March 27, 1976Waning Crescent

Saturday 27 March 1976401,524 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 27, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.3% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
401,524 km249,496 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1976 is on Tuesday, March 16, 1976 at 02:53 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 30, 1976 at 17:08 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, March 22, 197618:55
New Moon (after)Tuesday, March 30, 197617:08

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Saturday, March 27, 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.