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The Moon on Wednesday, March 15, 1978: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 38.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on March 15, 1978Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 15 March 1978401,563 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 15, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.2% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
401,563 km249,520 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1978 is on Friday, March 24, 1978 at 16:20 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 9, 1978 at 02:36 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Wednesday, March 15, 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.