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The Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 1979: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 49.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Last Quarter at

11:22UTC

Moon phase on March 21, 1979Last Quarter

Wednesday 21 March 1979374,686 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 21, 1979, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.8% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
374,686 km232,819 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 1979 is on Tuesday, March 13, 1979 at 21:14 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 28, 1979 at 03:00 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, March 13, 197921:14
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, March 21, 197911:22
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 28, 197903:00

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Wednesday, March 21, 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.