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The Moon on Saturday, March 24, 1979: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 17.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on March 24, 1979Waning Crescent

Saturday 24 March 1979364,135 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 24, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.9% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
364,135 km226,263 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1979 is on Tuesday, March 13, 1979 at 21:14 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 28, 1979 at 03:00 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Saturday, March 24, 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.