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The Moon on Sunday, March 25, 1979: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on March 25, 1979Waning Crescent

Sunday 25 March 1979362,389 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 25, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.7% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
362,389 km225,178 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 25, 1979 is on Tuesday, March 13, 1979 at 21:14 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 28, 1979 at 03:00 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 25

More about this date

Sunday, March 25, 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.