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The Moon on Friday, March 3, 1978: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 37.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on March 3, 1978Waning Crescent

Friday 3 March 1978368,945 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 3, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.2% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
368,945 km229,252 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (28°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 3, 1978 is on Thursday, February 23, 1978 at 01:27 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 9, 1978 at 02:36 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, March 2, 197808:34
New Moon (after)Thursday, March 9, 197802:36

The Moon around March 3

More about this date

Friday, March 3, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 7, 1978 to the new moon of March 9, 1978, a cycle of 29.49 days.