Waxing · 7.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°
Moon age
2.4days
Moon phase on March 30, 1979Waxing Crescent
On Friday, March 30, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.5% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.
7.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
375,205 km233,142 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (11°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 30, 1979 is on Thursday, April 12, 1979 at 13:15 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 28, 1979 at 03:00 UTC, 2 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Wednesday, March 28, 1979 | 03:00 |
| First Quarter (after) | Wednesday, April 4, 1979 | 09:57 |
The Moon around March 30
More about this date
Friday, March 30, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 28, 1979 to the new moon of April 26, 1979, a cycle of 29.43 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 1979, or the whole moon calendar 1979.
- The same date one year apart: 1978 · 1980.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.