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The Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 1984: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on March 6, 1984Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 6 March 1984401,219 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 6, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.3% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
401,219 km249,306 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1984 is on Saturday, March 17, 1984 at 10:10 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 2, 1984 at 18:31 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, March 2, 198418:31
First Quarter (after)Saturday, March 10, 198418:28

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Tuesday, March 6, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 2, 1984 to the new moon of April 1, 1984, a cycle of 29.74 days.