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The Moon on Thursday, March 31, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 22°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on March 31, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 31 March 1977381,241 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 31, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.3% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
381,241 km236,892 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 1977 is on Monday, April 4, 1977 at 04:09 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 19, 1977 at 18:33 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Thursday, March 31, 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.