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The Moon on Sunday, March 20, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 08°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on March 20, 1977Waxing Crescent

Sunday 20 March 1977396,705 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 20, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
396,705 km246,501 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1977 is on Monday, April 4, 1977 at 04:09 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 19, 1977 at 18:33 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 19, 197718:33
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 27, 197722:27

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Sunday, March 20, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 19, 1977 to the new moon of April 18, 1977, a cycle of 29.67 days.