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The Moon on Tuesday, March 8, 1977: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on March 8, 1977Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 8 March 1977366,530 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 8, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.0% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
366,530 km227,751 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1977 is on Saturday, March 5, 1977 at 17:13 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 19, 1977 at 18:33 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, March 5, 197717:13
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, March 12, 197711:35

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Tuesday, March 8, 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.