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The Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 1977: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 81.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on March 9, 1977Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 9 March 1977366,565 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 9, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.9% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
366,565 km227,773 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1977 is on Saturday, March 5, 1977 at 17:13 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 19, 1977 at 18:33 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Wednesday, March 9, 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.