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The Moon on Thursday, March 1, 1979: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 10.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

2.8days

Moon phase on March 1, 1979Waxing Crescent

Thursday 1 March 1979369,173 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 1, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.9% of its visible face lit, 2.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.8 dMoon age
369,173 km229,393 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1979 is on Tuesday, March 13, 1979 at 21:14 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 26, 1979 at 16:45 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, February 26, 197916:45
First Quarter (after)Monday, March 5, 197916:23

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Thursday, March 1, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 26, 1979 to the new moon of March 28, 1979, a cycle of 29.43 days.