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The Moon on Saturday, March 29, 1997: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 74.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 09°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on March 29, 1997Waning Gibbous

Saturday 29 March 1997385,265 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 29, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.2% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
385,265 km239,393 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (10°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 29, 1997 is on Monday, March 24, 1997 at 04:45 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 7, 1997 at 11:02 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, March 24, 199704:45
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 31, 199719:38

The Moon around March 29

More about this date

Saturday, March 29, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 9, 1997 to the new moon of April 7, 1997, a cycle of 29.41 days.