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The Moon on Monday, March 6, 1978: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on March 6, 1978Waning Crescent

Monday 6 March 1978367,196 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 6, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.0% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
367,196 km228,165 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1978 is on Thursday, February 23, 1978 at 01:27 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 9, 1978 at 02:36 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Monday, March 6, 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.