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The Moon on Sunday, March 27, 1977: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 45.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

First Quarter at

22:27UTC

Moon phase on March 27, 1977First Quarter

Sunday 27 March 1977401,069 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 27, 1977, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.9% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
401,069 km249,213 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1977 is on Monday, April 4, 1977 at 04:09 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 19, 1977 at 18:33 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 19, 197718:33
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, March 27, 197722:27
Full Moon (after)Monday, April 4, 197704:09

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Sunday, March 27, 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.