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The Moon on Tuesday, March 1, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on March 1, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 1 March 1977392,696 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 1, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.6% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
392,696 km244,010 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1977 is on Saturday, March 5, 1977 at 17:13 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 18, 1977 at 03:37 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, February 26, 197702:50
Full Moon (after)Saturday, March 5, 197717:13

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Tuesday, March 1, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 1977 to the new moon of March 19, 1977, a cycle of 29.62 days.