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The Moon on Thursday, March 22, 1979: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 38.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on March 22, 1979Waning Crescent

Thursday 22 March 1979370,620 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 22, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.6% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
370,620 km230,293 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 1979 is on Tuesday, March 13, 1979 at 21:14 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 28, 1979 at 03:00 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 21, 197911:22
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 28, 197903:00

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Thursday, March 22, 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.