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The Moon on Thursday, March 15, 1979: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

16.8days

Moon phase on March 15, 1979Waning Gibbous

Thursday 15 March 1979397,231 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 15, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 16.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.8 dMoon age
397,231 km246,828 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1979 is on Tuesday, March 13, 1979 at 21:14 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 28, 1979 at 03:00 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, March 13, 197921:14
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 21, 197911:22

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Thursday, March 15, 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.