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The Moon on Friday, March 18, 1977: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on March 18, 1977Waning Crescent

Friday 18 March 1977390,100 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 18, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
390,100 km242,397 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1977 is on Saturday, March 5, 1977 at 17:13 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 19, 1977 at 18:33 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Friday, March 18, 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.