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The Moon on Thursday, March 24, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 19.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on March 24, 1977Waxing Crescent

Thursday 24 March 1977404,987 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 24, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.7% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
404,987 km251,647 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (26°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1977 is on Monday, April 4, 1977 at 04:09 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 19, 1977 at 18:33 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Thursday, March 24, 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.