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The Moon on Saturday, March 26, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 36.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

6.7days

Moon phase on March 26, 1977Waxing Crescent

Saturday 26 March 1977403,590 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 26, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.5% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
403,590 km250,779 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1977 is on Monday, April 4, 1977 at 04:09 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 19, 1977 at 18:33 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Saturday, March 26, 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.