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The Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 1979: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on March 27, 1979Waning Crescent

Tuesday 27 March 1979363,235 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 27, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
363,235 km225,704 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1979 is on Tuesday, March 13, 1979 at 21:14 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 28, 1979 at 03:00 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Tuesday, March 27, 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.