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The Moon on Sunday, March 18, 1979: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 80.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

Moon age

19.8days

Moon phase on March 18, 1979Waning Gibbous

Sunday 18 March 1979387,036 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 18, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.0% of its visible face lit, 19.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.8 dMoon age
387,036 km240,493 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1979 is on Tuesday, March 13, 1979 at 21:14 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 28, 1979 at 03:00 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Sunday, March 18, 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.