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The Moon on Wednesday, March 16, 1977: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 11.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on March 16, 1977Waning Crescent

Wednesday 16 March 1977383,452 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 16, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.3% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
383,452 km238,266 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1977 is on Saturday, March 5, 1977 at 17:13 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 19, 1977 at 18:33 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Wednesday, March 16, 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.