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The Moon on Friday, March 4, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on March 4, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Friday 4 March 1977377,620 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 4, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.0% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
377,620 km234,642 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 1977 is on Saturday, March 5, 1977 at 17:13 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 18, 1977 at 03:37 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Friday, March 4, 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.