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The Moon on Monday, March 28, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 55.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on March 28, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Monday 28 March 1977397,367 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 28, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 55.6% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

55.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
397,367 km246,913 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 1977 is on Monday, April 4, 1977 at 04:09 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 19, 1977 at 18:33 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, March 27, 197722:27
Full Moon (after)Monday, April 4, 197704:09

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Monday, March 28, 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.