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The Moon on Saturday, March 31, 1979: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on March 31, 1979Waxing Crescent

Saturday 31 March 1979380,910 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 31, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.3% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
380,910 km236,686 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 1979 is on Thursday, April 12, 1979 at 13:15 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 28, 1979 at 03:00 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 28, 197903:00
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 4, 197909:57

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Saturday, March 31, 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.