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The Moon on Saturday, March 4, 1978: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 26.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on March 4, 1978Waning Crescent

Saturday 4 March 1978367,517 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 4, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.4% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
367,517 km228,364 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 1978 is on Thursday, February 23, 1978 at 01:27 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 9, 1978 at 02:36 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Saturday, March 4, 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.