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The Moon on Friday, March 10, 1978: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on March 10, 1978Waxing Crescent

Friday 10 March 1978379,282 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 10, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
379,282 km235,675 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 10, 1978 is on Friday, March 24, 1978 at 16:20 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 9, 1978 at 02:36 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 9, 197802:36
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 16, 197818:21

The Moon around March 10

More about this date

Friday, March 10, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 9, 1978 to the new moon of April 7, 1978, a cycle of 29.53 days.