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The Moon on Tuesday, March 15, 1977: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 19.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on March 15, 1977Waning Crescent

Tuesday 15 March 1977380,264 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 15, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.0% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
380,264 km236,285 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1977 is on Saturday, March 5, 1977 at 17:13 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 19, 1977 at 18:33 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, March 12, 197711:35
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 19, 197718:33

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Tuesday, March 15, 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.